• Veludvāreyya Sutta

The brahmins and householders of Veludvāra visit the Buddha when he comes to their village and ask for a teaching which will be profitable to them. The Buddha points out to them the advantages of keeping the five precepts:

• abstention from taking life,
• from theft, etc.,
• avoidance of slander,
• harsh speech and
• frivolous talk,
• and of having faith in the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha. S. v.352f.