Sārajjasutta
Timidity
Confidence or lack thereof in layfolk is due to their precepts.
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Visāradasutta
Assured
Confidence or lack thereof in layfolk is due to their precepts.
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Nirayasutta
Hell
Reasons one is cast down to hell or raised to heaven.
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Verasutta
Threats
Breaking of precepts is a threat and a danger.
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Caṇḍālasutta
Corpse-worker
An outcaste is not born, but they make themselves an outcaste by their behavior.
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Pītisutta
Rapture
The Buddha encourages Anāthapiṇḍika to not rest short with generosity, but to practice meditation too.
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Vaṇijjāsutta
Trades
Five kinds of trade that are wrong livelihood.
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Rājāsutta
Kings
Kings do not punish people for keeping precepts.
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Gihisutta
A Layperson
Qualities possessing which a lay person may claim to be a stream-enterer.
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Gavesīsutta
About Gavesī
The Buddha tells of the layman Gavesī in the time of Buddha Kassapa, and how he went forth with all his followers.
