Parikkamana sutta: The Bypass

“Mendicants, this teaching provides a bypass, it doesn’t lack a bypass. And how does this teaching provide a bypass, not lacking a bypass? Not killing living creatures bypasses killing living creatures. Not stealing bypasses stealing. Refraining from sexual misconduct bypasses sexual misconduct. Not lying bypasses lying. Refraining from divisive speech bypasses divisive speech. Refraining from harsh speech bypasses harsh speech. Refraining from talking nonsense bypasses talking nonsense. Contentment bypasses covetousness. Good will bypasses ill will. Right view bypasses wrong view. That’s how this teaching provides a bypass, it doesn’t lack a bypass.”