The Tipiṭaka in Three Languages

Balakaraṇīyasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Mahāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 19 · Section 266

[266] The setting is Sāvatthī. Bhikkhus, just as whatever actions requiring strength are done, they are all done in dependence on the earth, established upon the earth — it is thus that these actions requiring strength are done. Even so, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu, in dependence on virtue (sīla), established upon virtue, develops the noble eightfold path (magga), and cultivates the noble eightfold path.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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