[175] "Bhikkhus, I will teach you the dhamma that leads to accumulation (ācayagāmī) and the dhamma that leads to diminution (apacayagāmī). Listen to it and attend closely; I will speak."
"Yes, venerable sir," those bhikkhus replied to the Blessed One. The Blessed One said this:
"And what, bhikkhus, is the dhamma that leads to accumulation? The destruction of life (pāṇātipāta) … wrong view (micchādiṭṭhi). This, bhikkhus, is called the dhamma that leads to accumulation.
"And what, bhikkhus, is the dhamma that leads to diminution? Abstention from the destruction of life … right view (sammādiṭṭhi). This, bhikkhus, is called the dhamma that leads to diminution."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.