Nikaya

Where Suffering Subsides

Linked Discourses 45.50–54

  1. Abbreviated Texts on the Sun

Five Discourses on Accomplishment in Ethics, Etc. (1st)

“Mendicants, the dawn is the forerunner and harbinger of the sunrise.

In the same way accomplishment in ethics is the forerunner and harbinger of the arising of the noble eightfold path for a mendicant.

A mendicant accomplished in ethics can expect to develop and cultivate the noble eightfold path. …” …

“… accomplishment in enthusiasm …”

“… accomplishment in self-development …”

“… accomplishment in view …”

“… accomplishment in diligence …”