Sīlasaṁpadāsutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Mahāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 19 · Section 167

[167] Setting at Sāvatthī. Bhikkhus, I do not see even one other thing by which the unarisen Noble Eightfold Path (ariya aṭṭhaṅgika magga) arises, or by which the arisen Noble Eightfold Path goes to fulfillment by development, so much as this, bhikkhus: accomplishment in virtue (sīlasampadā). …

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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