sn55.7:5.1 Furthermore, a noble disciple reflects:
sn55.7:5.2 ‘If someone were to steal from me, I wouldn’t like that.
sn55.7:5.3 But if I were to steal from someone else, they wouldn’t like that either.
sn55.7:5.4 The thing that is disliked by me is also disliked by others.
sn55.7:5.5 Since I dislike this thing, how can I inflict it on someone else?’
sn55.7:5.6 Reflecting in this way, they give up stealing themselves. And they encourage others to give up stealing, praising the giving up of stealing.
sn55.7:5.7 So their bodily behavior is purified in three points.