an10.5:1.1 There Venerable Ānanda addressed the mendicants …
an10.5:1.2 “Reverends, an unethical person, who lacks ethics, has destroyed a vital condition for having no regrets.
an10.5:1.3 When there are regrets, one who has regrets has destroyed a vital condition for joy.
an10.5:1.4 When there is no joy, one who lacks joy has destroyed a vital condition for rapture.
an10.5:1.5 When there is no rapture, one who lacks rapture has destroyed a vital condition for tranquility.
an10.5:1.6 When there is no tranquility, one who lacks tranquility has destroyed a vital condition for bliss.
an10.5:1.7 When there is no bliss, one who lacks bliss has destroyed a vital condition for right immersion.
an10.5:1.8 When there is no right immersion, one who lacks right immersion has destroyed a vital condition for true knowledge and vision.
an10.5:1.9 When there is no true knowledge and vision, one who lacks true knowledge and vision has destroyed a vital condition for disillusionment and dispassion.
an10.5:1.10 When there is no disillusionment and dispassion, one who lacks disillusionment and dispassion has destroyed a vital condition for knowledge and vision of freedom.
an10.5:1.11 Suppose there was a tree that lacked branches and foliage. Its shoots, bark, softwood, and heartwood would not grow to fullness.
an10.5:1.12 In the same way, an unethical person, who lacks ethics, has destroyed a vital condition for having no regrets.
an10.5:1.13 When there are regrets, one who has regrets has destroyed a vital condition for joy. …
an10.5:1.14 One who lacks disillusionment and dispassion has destroyed a vital condition for knowledge and vision of freedom.
