Buddham Dhammam

Visāradasutta

AN 5.172

Assured

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

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Nirayasutta

AN 5.173

Hell

Reasons one is cast down to hell or raised to heaven.

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Verasutta

AN 5.174

Threats

Breaking of precepts is a threat and a danger.

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Caṇḍālasutta

AN 5.175

Corpse-worker

An outcaste is not born, but they make themselves an outcaste by their behavior.

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Pītisutta

AN 5.176

Rapture

The Buddha encourages Anāthapiṇḍika to not rest short with generosity, but to practice meditation too.

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Vaṇijjāsutta

AN 5.177

Trades

Five kinds of trade that are wrong livelihood.

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Rājāsutta

AN 5.178

Kings

Kings do not punish people for keeping precepts.

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Gihisutta

AN 5.179

A Layperson

Qualities possessing which a lay person may claim to be a stream-enterer.

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Gavesīsutta

AN 5.180

About Gavesī

The Buddha tells of the layman Gavesī in the time of Buddha Kassapa, and how he went forth with all his followers.

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