CAN A STREAM-ENTERER BREAK THE FIVE PRECEPTS? - Stream Entry Q&A

2021-05-03

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. Following the talk on poya on Buddha's Advice to Lay People on Stream Entry, a question has been raised: “Can a stream-enterer break the five precepts or other kinds of sīla? Sometimes I wonder about this when I’m around people who I think are highly attained but demonstrate a lack of virtue from time to time” To answer the questions the following suttas were directly or indirectly referenced: – Dutiyasikkhā Sutta (AN 3.87) – Kalahavivād...

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.

Following the talk on poya on Buddha's Advice to Lay People on Stream Entry, a question has been raised:

“Can a stream-enterer break the five precepts or other kinds of sīla? Sometimes I wonder about this when I’m around people who I think are highly attained but demonstrate a lack of virtue from time to time”

To answer the questions the following suttas were directly or indirectly referenced:

– Dutiyasikkhā Sutta (AN 3.87)
– Kalahavivāda Sutta (Sn 4.11)
– Kalahavivādasuttaniddesa (Mnd 11)
– Pariññeyya Sutta (SN 56.29)
– Veḷudvāreyya Sutta (SN 55.7)
– Ratana sutta (Sn 2.1)
– Paṭhamasaraṇānisakka Sutta (SN 55.24)
– Dutiyasaraṇānisakka Sutta (SN 55.25)

To watch the poya talk on Stream Entry (VIDEO) - https://bit.ly/3aSvH9W or to listen to the talk (AUDIO) - https://bit.ly/3t7RkZX

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