DO WE NEED PERFECT VIRTUE FOR STREAM ENTRY? - Stream Entry Q&A

<p><strong>Welcome back to the 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>"Virtue or moral conduct (sīla) is encouraged throughout the Buddha’s teachings. I was wondering if perfect virtue is a requirement for stream entry?” &nbsp;</strong></p> <p>To answer the questions the following suttas were directly or indirectly referenced:&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>— Dutiyasāriputta Sutta (SN 55.5)&nbsp;</li> <li>— Dutiyagilāna Sutta (SN 35.75)&nbsp;</li> <li>— Sammādiṭṭhi Sutta (MN 9)&nbsp;</li> <li>— Akusala Sutta (AN 10.136)&nbsp;</li> <li>— Sīlabbata Sutta (AN 3.78)&nbsp;</li> <li>— Kukkuravatika Sutta (MN 57) &nbsp;</li> <li>— Mahāsāropama Sutta (MN 29)&nbsp;</li> <li>— Sīla Sutta (AN 5.213)</li> <li>— Karaṇīyametta Sutta (Sn 1.8)<br> </li> </ul> <p>Bohoma pin to the person who asked this Dhamma question.</p> <p>PLEASE NOTE - you can send in questions via the voice messaging feature on anchor.fm podcast app OR via email suttameditationseries[at]gmail.com.</p> <p><strong>A VIDEO with presentation slides has been uploaded to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MfDBtlcUNc</strong></p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/suttameditationseries/message