Numbered Discourses
18. The Chapter on a Lay Follower

Assured

Aṅguttara Nikāya
18. Upāsakavagga
Visāradasutta
Numbered Discourses
18. The Chapter on a Lay Follower
Assured
Aṅguttara Nikāya
18. Upāsakavagga
Visāradasutta

Confidence or lack thereof in layfolk is due to their precepts.

Ruta suttaAN 5.172Sutta PiṭakaAṅguttara Nikāya5. Pañcakanipāta4. Catutthapaṇṇāsaka18. UpāsakavaggaVisāradasutta
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“A lay follower living at home with five qualities is not self-assured.What five?They kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, lie, and consume intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor.A lay follower living at home with these five qualities is not self-assured.

“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato upāsako avisārado agāraṁ ajjhāvasati. Katamehi pañcahi? Pāṇātipātī hoti …pe… surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhāyī hoti. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato upāsako avisārado agāraṁ ajjhāvasati.

“A lay follower living at home with five qualities is not self-assured.
“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato upāsako avisārado agāraṁ ajjhāvasati.
What five?
Katamehi pañcahi?
They kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, lie, and consume intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor.
Pāṇātipātī hoti …pe… surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhāyī hoti.
A lay follower living at home with these five qualities is not self-assured.
Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato upāsako avisārado agāraṁ ajjhāvasati.

“A lay follower living at home with five qualities is not self-assured.“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato upāsako avisārado agāraṁ ajjhāvasati. What five?Katamehi pañcahi? They kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, lie, and consume intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor.Pāṇātipātī hoti …pe… surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhāyī hoti. A lay follower living at home with these five qualities is not self-assured.Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato upāsako avisārado agāraṁ ajjhāvasati.

A lay follower living at home with these five qualities is self-assured.What five?They don’t kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, lie, or consume intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor.A lay follower living at home with these five qualities is self-assured.”

Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato upāsako visārado agāraṁ ajjhāvasati. Katamehi pañcahi? Pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti …pe… surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānā paṭivirato hoti. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato upāsako visārado agāraṁ ajjhāvasatī”ti.

A lay follower living at home with these five qualities is self-assured.
Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato upāsako visārado agāraṁ ajjhāvasati.
What five?
Katamehi pañcahi?
They don’t kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, lie, or consume intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor.
Pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti …pe… surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānā paṭivirato hoti.
A lay follower living at home with these five qualities is self-assured.”
Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato upāsako visārado agāraṁ ajjhāvasatī”ti.

A lay follower living at home with these five qualities is self-assured.Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato upāsako visārado agāraṁ ajjhāvasati. What five?Katamehi pañcahi? They don’t kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, lie, or consume intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor.Pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti …pe… surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānā paṭivirato hoti. A lay follower living at home with these five qualities is self-assured.”Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato upāsako visārado agāraṁ ajjhāvasatī”ti.

Dutiyaṁ.

Dutiyaṁ.

Dutiyaṁ.