“Monks, a lay follower should not engage in five types of business. Which five? Business in weapons, business in human beings, business in meat, business in intoxicants, and business in poison.”

—  Gautama Buddha

5.177: Vanijja Sutta https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an05/an05.177.than.html, as translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu (2001)
Source: Pali Canon, Sutta Pitaka, Anguttara Nikaya (Numerical Discourses)

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