Numbered Discourses 5.172
- A Lay Follower
Assured
“A lay follower living at home with five qualities is not self-assured.
What five?
They kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, lie, and consume beer, wine, and liquor intoxicants.
A lay follower living at home with these five qualities is not self-assured.
A lay follower living at home with these five qualities is self-assured.
What five?
They don’t kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, lie, or consume beer, wine, and liquor intoxicants.
A lay follower living at home with these five qualities is self-assured.”