Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c33.s3.98
Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c33.s3.98
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v2.c33.s3.98
Sīla, according to the M., must be positive action and not mere restraint (saṃvara), so any viññatti (intimation) by means of body or speech is sīla. Salutation, rising to welcome, folding hands, etc., are sīlas. The M., in view of their opinion that there may be accumulation of demerits without the association of mind (cittavippayuttaṃ apuññupacayaṃ), contend "that acts not intimating a moral purpose are immoral."