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What’s the Purpose?
Good conduct leads to non-regret, to joy, and so on all the way to liberation.
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Making a Wish
A virtuous person need not make a wish; it is natural for the path to flow on.
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Vital Conditions (1st)
The Buddha teaches that ethical conduct is the vital cause of the good qualities that lead to awakening.
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Vital Conditions (2nd)
Sāriputta teaches that ethical conduct is the vital cause of the good qualities that lead to awakening.
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Vital Conditions (3rd)
Ānanda teaches that ethical conduct is the vital cause of the good qualities that lead to awakening.
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Disasters
When a mendicant abuses their fellow monastics, eleven disasters follow.
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Percipient
Ānanda asks the Buddha about a deep state of meditation where all normal perception has ceased, but there is still perception. The Buddha affirms that such a state exists. Ānanda puts the same question to Sāriputta, and gets the same answer.
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Focus
Ānanda asks the Buddha about a deep state of meditation where all normal attention has ceased, but there is still attention. The Buddha affirms that such a state exists.
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With Sandha
The Buddha tells Venerable Sandha to meditate like a trained thoroughbred, not like a wild colt. Doing so, they may attain a deep state.
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At the Peacocks’ Feeding Ground
Possessing various sets of qualities, a mendicant is best among gods and men.