[223] Sāriputta, cultivating what kind of bodily conduct do unwholesome states (akusalā dhammā) decline and wholesome states (kusalā dhammā) increase? Here, Sāriputta, a certain person, having abandoned the destruction of living beings, abstains from the destruction of living beings; with rod laid aside, with weapon laid aside, conscientious, merciful, he dwells compassionate for the welfare of all living beings. Having abandoned taking what is not given, he abstains from taking what is not given; he does not take, by way of theft, the wealth and belongings of another, whether in the village or in the wilderness, that have not been given. Having abandoned misconduct in sensual pleasures, he abstains from misconduct in sensual pleasures; he does not transgress with women protected by their mother, protected by their father, protected by mother and father, protected by a brother, protected by a sister, protected by relatives, women who have a husband, women whose violation entails a penalty, or even one garlanded as a token of betrothal. Cultivating such bodily conduct, Sāriputta, unwholesome states decline and wholesome states increase.
So when it was said by me: "Bhikkhus, I say that bodily conduct is of two kinds: that which should be cultivated and that which should not be cultivated; and each of these is bodily conduct" — it was with reference to this that it was said.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.