Sutra Surangama: Empat Instruksi yang Jelas dan Tak Dapat Diubah tentang Kemurnian – Menjauhkan Diri dari Mencuri dan Berbohong, Bagian ke-7 dari 7 Seri

The Buddha warns you, warns us that, if you don’t keep the precepts, even just one of them like the lying precept, saying the truth; if don’t keep it, if you don’t avoid lying, then you’re attempting the impossible. Like making a piece of poo become a sandalwood statue like that. If you don't keep the precepts, it is truly that extremely unfavorable for our practice. "If the bhiksus’ minds are as straight as the lute strings, true and real in everything they do, then they can enter samadni and never be involved in the deeds of demons. I certify that such people will accomplish the Bodhisattvas’ Unsurpassed Knowledge and Enlightenment.”