[1460] "Furthermore, householders, the noble disciple reflects thus: 'If someone were to take from me what I have not given, in what is reckoned as theft, that would not be dear and agreeable to me. And if I, in turn, were to take from another what he has not given, in what is reckoned as theft, that would not be dear and agreeable to the other either. That thing which is not dear and agreeable to me is not dear and agreeable to the other either. How could I impose upon another a thing that is not dear and agreeable to me?' Having reflected thus, he himself abstains from taking what is not given (adinnādāna), he encourages others in abstinence from taking what is not given, and he speaks in praise of abstinence from taking what is not given. Thus this bodily conduct of his is purified in three respects.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.