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Bhikkhus, these three are purities. What three?

Bodily purity, verbal purity and mental purity.

Bhikkhus, what is bodily purity?

Here bhikkhus, a certain one abstains from destroying living things, taking the not given and misbehaving in sexual desires. This is bodily purity.

Bhikkhus, what is verbal purity?

Here bhikkhus, a certain one abstains from telling lies, slandering, talking roughly and talking frivolously. Bhikkhus, this is verbal purity. .

Bhikkhus, what is mental purity?

Here, bhikkhus, a certain one is not covetous and hateful. Bhikkhus, this is mental purity. These are the three purities.