[88] What is that virtue (sīla) which is without limit (apariyanta)? There is virtue not limited by gain; there is virtue not limited by fame; there is virtue not limited by relatives; there is virtue not limited by limbs; there is virtue not limited by life.
What is that virtue not limited by gain? Here someone, for the sake of gain, by reason of gain, on account of gain, does not give rise even to a thought (citta) of transgressing a training rule (sikkhāpada) as he has undertaken it — how then will he transgress it? This is that virtue not limited by gain.
What is that virtue not limited by fame? Here someone, for the sake of fame, by reason of fame, on account of fame, does not give rise even to a thought of transgressing a training rule as he has undertaken it — how then will he transgress it? This is that virtue not limited by fame.
What is that virtue not limited by relatives? Here someone, for the sake of relatives, by reason of relatives, on account of relatives, does not give rise even to a thought of transgressing a training rule as he has undertaken it — how then will he transgress it? This is that virtue not limited by relatives.
What is that virtue not limited by limbs? Here someone, for the sake of limbs, by reason of limbs, on account of limbs, does not give rise even to a thought of transgressing a training rule as he has undertaken it — how then will he transgress it? This is that virtue not limited by limbs.
What is that virtue not limited by life? Here someone, for the sake of life, by reason of life, on account of life, does not give rise even to a thought of transgressing a training rule as he has undertaken it — how then will he transgress it? This is that virtue not limited by life. Virtues such as these are unbroken, untorn, unblemished, unmottled, liberating, praised by the wise, untarnished, conducive to concentration (samādhi); they are the basis for non-remorse, the basis for gladness, the basis for rapture (pīti), the basis for tranquility (passaddhi), the basis for happiness, the basis for concentration, the basis for knowledge and vision of things as they really are (yathābhūta); they conduce exclusively to disenchantment, to dispassion, to cessation (nirodha), to peace, to direct knowledge, to full awakening, to Nibbāna. This is that virtue which is without limit.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.