[202] "Venerable sir, when one cultivates what kind of bodily conduct do unwholesome states decline and wholesome states increase? Venerable sir, here a certain person, having abandoned the killing of living beings, is one who abstains from the killing of living beings; with rod laid down, with weapon laid down, conscientious, given to kindness, he dwells compassionate for the welfare of all living beings. Having abandoned the taking of what is not given, he is one who abstains from the taking of what is not given; he is not one who takes, by way of theft, the wealth and possessions of another, whether situated in the village or in the wilderness, which have not been given. Having abandoned misconduct in sensual pleasures, he is one who abstains from misconduct in sensual pleasures; he is not one who transgresses with women such as those protected by the mother, protected by the father, protected by both mother and father, protected by a brother, protected by a sister, protected by relatives, those with a husband, those protected by law with penalty attached, or even, at the least, one garlanded with flowers in token of betrothal. Venerable sir, when one cultivates bodily conduct of such a kind, unwholesome states decline and wholesome states increase.
"So when it was said by the Blessed One: 'Bhikkhus, I speak of bodily conduct as twofold: that which should be cultivated and that which should not be cultivated; and each of these is itself bodily conduct' — it is with reference to this that it was said."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.