93 CAN A STREAM-ENTERER BREAK THE FIVE PRECEPTS? - Stream Entry Q&A

<p>Welcome back to the <strong>Sutta Meditation Series Podcast</strong>.</p> <p>Following the talk on poya on Buddha's Advice to Lay People on Stream Entry, a question has been raised: &nbsp;</p> <p><strong>“Can a stream-enterer break the five precepts or other kinds of sīla? Sometimes I wonder about this when I’m around people who I think are highly attained but demonstrate a lack of virtue from time to time” &nbsp;</strong></p> <p>To answer the questions the following suttas were directly or indirectly referenced:&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>– Dutiyasikkhā Sutta (AN 3.87)&nbsp;</li> <li>– Kalahavivāda Sutta (Sn 4.11)&nbsp;</li> <li>– Kalahavivādasuttaniddesa (Mnd 11)&nbsp;</li> <li>– Pariññeyya Sutta (SN 56.29)</li> <li>– Veḷudvāreyya Sutta (SN 55.7)&nbsp;</li> <li>– Ratana sutta (Sn 2.1)&nbsp;</li> <li>– Paṭhamasaraṇānisakka Sutta (SN 55.24)&nbsp;</li> <li>– Dutiyasaraṇānisakka Sutta (SN 55.25) &nbsp;</li> </ul> <p>To watch the poya talk on Stream Entry (VIDEO) - https://bit.ly/3aSvH9W or to listen to the talk (AUDIO) - https://bit.ly/3t7RkZX</p> <p>Bohoma pin to the person who asked this Dhamma question.&nbsp;</p> <p>PLEASE NOTE - you can send in questions via the <strong>voice messaging feature on anchor.fm podcast app</strong> OR via <strong>email suttameditationseries[at]gmail.com</strong>.</p> <p><strong>A VIDEO with presentation slides has been uploaded to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMh0nYibVgU</strong></p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/suttameditationseries/message