Sīlasaṁpadāsutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Mahāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 19 · Section 176

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

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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