You'd think that thieves are great pretenders. There is a report that some come as carpet cleaners or wiremen to steal. Some even carry expensive and hig-tech drilling equipment in their MPVs or classic cars so that they can bore holes through the walls of banks, pawn shops or jewellery shops where they stand to cart away million dollars worth of cash and valuables. With loots like that, it is no wonder that one could forget this second Buddhist precept: Adinnādānā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi. I undertake the training rule to abstain from taking what is not given. It is a matter of one getting a bite of the forbidden apple.
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