Dighanikaya 5.352_2

5.352_2

‘‘Ajjatagge jīvitahetupi pāṇaṃ na hanāmī’’ti vā ‘‘pāṇātipātā viramāmī’’ti vā ‘‘veramaṇiṃ samādiyāmī’’ti vā evaṃ sikkhāpadāni gaṇhantassa pana virati samādānaviratīti veditabbā.

However, for one taking the training rules thus: "From this day forth, even for the sake of life, I will not kill living beings" or "I abstain from the destruction of life" or "I undertake the abstention", the restraint should be understood as restraint by undertaking.