Dhammapada · Verso 270

Bālisikavatthu

Pali

Na tena ariyo hoti,
yena pāṇāni hiṁsati;
Ahiṁsā sabbapāṇānaṁ,
“ariyo”ti pavuccati.

English

You don’t become a noble one
by harming living beings.
One harmless toward all living beings
is said to be a noble one.

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