[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Āgama sūtras of the mainstream schools](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama) › [Sūtras of the Middle-length Discourses transmitted singly](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama) › [Stahānadharasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.stahanadharasutra) › [འཕགས་པ་གནས་འཇོག་པའི་མདོ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.stahanadharasutra*bo) › [The Sutra of Vasishtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.stahanadharasutra*bo~en-84000) › 3 # འཕགས་པ་གནས་འཇག་པའ་མད་ཞས་བྱ་བ 3 The Sūtra of Vasiṣṭha 3 - **Language:** English ### [3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.stahanadharasutra*bo~en-84000.3) I relinquish the stick and the sword, behaving with conscientiousness and compassion as I abandon and abstain from taking the life of any being, living creature, or spirit—even the least among them, including tiny creatures such as ants. Just as those noble ones, the worthy ones, who, for as long as they live, have abandoned taking life and have abstained from taking life, relinquished the stick and the sword, and abandoned and abstained from taking the life of any being, living creature, or spirit—even the least among them, including tiny creatures such as ants—likewise I, so-and-so, from now through sundown tonight and until sunrise tomorrow, also abandon taking life and abstain from taking life. I relinquish the stick and the sword, behaving with conscientiousness and compassion as I abandon and abstain from taking the life of any sentient being, living creature, or spirit—even the least among them, including tiny creatures such as ants. Through this first factor, I emulate, act in accordance with, and imitate the course of conduct of the noble ones, the worthy ones.’ “ ‘Just as I abstain from killing, likewise I abandon and abstain from taking what is not given; sexual activity; false speech; heedlessness from having become drunk on fermented or distilled spirits; singing, dancing, and music, as well as wearing garlands, perfumes, ornaments, and cosmetics; high beds and large beds; and eating at the improper time.¹¹ Just like those noble ones, the worthy ones, who, for as long as they live, have abandoned eating at the improper time and abstained from eating at the improper time, likewise I, so-and-so, from now through sundown tonight and - [Previous: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.stahanadharasutra*bo~en-84000.2) - [Next: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.stahanadharasutra*bo~en-84000.4) ## Linked texts (1) - [འཕགས་པ་གནས་འཇོག་པའི་མདོ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.stahanadharasutra*bo.3) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.stahanadharasutra*bo~en-84000.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.stahanadharasutra*bo~en-84000.3) · Pramāṇa