These suttas were presented in March 2024.
Majjhima Nikāya
- MN 53 From… Sekhasutta: A Trainee, “Seeing danger in the slightest fault, they keep the rules they’ve undertaken.”
- MN 142 From… Dakkhiṇāvibhaṅga Sutta: The Analysis of Giving—Gifts to an Individual, “Giving a gift to an unvirtuous ordinary person, yields a return a thousand times over.”
Saṁyutta Nikāya
- SN 11.18 Gahaṭṭhavandanāsutta: Who Sakka Worships, “I also worship those householders, the ethical lay followers who make merit”
- SN 45.149 Balasutta: Strenuous, “Based upon virtue, established upon virtue, a bhikkhu develops and cultivates the Noble Eightfold Path”
- SN 46.1 Himavantasutta: The Himalayas. “How does a bhikkhu, based upon virtue, established upon virtue, develop the seven factors of enlightenment?”
- SN 47.15 Bāhiyasutta: Bahiya, “Well then, Bahiya, purify the very starting point of wholesome states.”
Aṅguttara Nikāya
- AN 3.70 Uposathasutta: Sabbath, “A corrupt mind is cleaned by applying effort.”
- AN 3.88 Sekhin Sutta (2): One in Training, “There is the case where a monk is wholly accomplished in virtue, moderately accomplished in concentration, and moderately accomplished in discernment.”
- AN 3.118 Apaṇṇakasutta: Unfailing Dice, “And what is failure in ethics?”
- AN 4.12 Sīlasutta: Virtuous Behavior, “Training in what is conducive to serenity of mind, always mindful, they call such a bhikkhu one constantly resolute.”
- AN 5.168 Sīlasutta: Ethics, “An ethical person, who has fulfilled ethics, has fulfilled a vital condition for right concentration.”
- AN 5.173 Nirayasutta: Hell, “A lay follower with these five qualities is raised up to heaven.”
- AN 6.10 From… Mahānāmasutta: With Mahānāma, “When a noble disciple recollects their ethical conduct their mind is not full of greed, hate, and delusion.”
- AN 7.6 Vitthatadhanasutta: Wealth in Detail, “And what is the wealth of ethical conduct?”
- AN 7.60 Sattadhammasutta: Seven Qualities, “A mendicant with seven qualities soon realizes the supreme culmination of the spiritual path in this very life.”
- AN 8.39 Abhisanda Sutta: Bonanzas, “There is the case where a disciple of the noble ones, abandoning the taking of life, abstains from taking life.”
- AN 8.81 Satisampajaññasutta: Mindfulness and Situational Awareness, “One who lacks sense restraint has destroyed a vital condition for ethical conduct.”
- AN 9.28 Dutiyaverasutta: Dangers and Threats (2nd), “I am a stream-enterer! I’m not liable to be reborn in the underworld, and am bound for awakening.”
- AN 10.1 Kimatthiyasutta: What Purpose?, “Thus, Ānanda, wholesome virtuous behavior progressively leads to the foremost.”
- AN 10.34 Upasampadāsutta: Full Ordination, “Bhante, how many qualities should a bhikkhu possess to give full ordination?”
- AN 10.50 Bhaṇḍanasutta: Arguments, “There are ten warm-hearted qualities that make for fondness and respect, conducing to inclusion, harmony, and unity, without quarreling.”
- AN 10.73 Iṭṭhadhammasutta: Likable, “Bad friendship hinders ethical conduct.”
Khuddakapāṭha
- Kp 2 Dasasikkhāpada: The Ten Precepts “I undertake the precept to refrain from receiving gold and money.”
Dhammapada
- Dhp 54–56 From… Pupphavagga: Blossoms, “The scent of virtuous conduct wafts to the devas”
- Dhp 217 From … Piya Vagga: The Dear, “People hold dear him who embodies virtue and insight…”
Udāna
- Ud 8.6 Pāṭaligāmiyasutta: The Layfolk of Pāṭali Village, “Firstly, an unethical person loses substantial wealth on account of negligence.”
Itivuttaka
- Iti 59 Māradheyyasutta: Māra’s Domain, “Being in possession of three things, a bhikkhu has passed beyond the domain of Māra and shines like the sun”
- Iti 97 Kalyāṇasīlasutta: Good Morals, “Who does nothing wrong by body, speech or mind, is said to be one good morals, a conscientious mendicant.”
Vimana Vatthu
- Vv 1.11 Patibbatā Sutta: Honest Wife Mansion, “In my previous life, I was a woman in the human world.”
Theragāthā
- Thag 1.71 Vacchapālattheragāthā: Vacchapāla, “For one who sees the meaning so very subtle and fine…”
- Thag 12.1 Sīlavattheragāthā: Sīlava, “Ethics provide a boundary and a restraint, an enjoyment for the mind”