[90] Five kinds of virtue (sīla): the abandoning (pahāna) of the destruction of life (pāṇātipāta) is virtue; abstention (veramaṇī) is virtue; volition (cetanā) is virtue; restraint (saṃvara) is virtue; non-transgression (avītikkama) is virtue. Virtues such as these conduce to non-remorse of mind (citta), conduce to gladness (pāmujja), conduce to rapture, conduce to tranquility, conduce to joy (somanassa), conduce to repeated practice (āsevanā), conduce to development (bhāvanā), conduce to making much of, conduce to adornment, conduce to being a requisite, conduce to being an accompaniment, conduce to fulfillment; they conduce to utter disenchantment (ekantanibbidā), to dispassion (virāga), to cessation, to peace (upasama), to direct knowledge (abhiññā), to full awakening (sambodha), to Nibbāna.
Of virtues such as these, purification through restraint (saṃvarapārisuddhi) is higher virtue (adhisīla). A mind established in purification through restraint does not fall into distraction. Purification through non-distraction (avikkhepapārisuddhi) is the higher mind (adhicitta). One rightly sees purification through restraint; one rightly sees purification through non-distraction. Purification of seeing (dassanapārisuddhi) is higher wisdom (adhipaññā).
Whatever therein is the meaning of restraint — this is the training in higher virtue (adhisīlasikkhā); whatever therein is the meaning of non-distraction — this is the training in the higher mind (adhicittasikkhā); whatever therein is the meaning of seeing — this is the training in higher wisdom (adhipaññāsikkhā). Adverting to these three trainings, one trains; knowing, one trains; seeing, one trains; reviewing, one trains; steadying the mind, one trains; resolving with faith (saddhā), one trains; exerting energy, one trains; establishing mindfulness, one trains; concentrating the mind, one trains; understanding with wisdom (paññā), one trains; directly knowing what is to be directly known, one trains; fully understanding what is to be fully understood, one trains; abandoning what is to be abandoned, one trains; developing what is to be developed, one trains; realizing what is to be realized, one trains.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.