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1. Handful of Leaves, Volume Four AN 5:79 Future Dangers (3) | Anāgata-bhayāni Sutta
    … They—being undeveloped in body, undeveloped in virtue, undeveloped in mind, undeveloped in discernment—will give full ordination to others and will not be able to discipline them in heightened virtue, heightened mind, heightened discernment. These too will then be undeveloped in body… virtue… mind… discernment. They—being undeveloped in body… virtue… mind… discernment—will give full ordination to still others and will not … 
2. Handful of Leaves, Volume Four AN 3:87 One in Training | Sekhin Sutta (1)
    … Which three? The training in heightened virtue, the training in heightened mind, the training in heightened discernment.2 These are the three trainings under which all that is gathered. “There is the case where a monk is wholly accomplished in virtue, moderately accomplished in concentration, and moderately accomplished in discernment. With reference to the lesser and minor training rules, he falls into offenses and … 
3. Handful of Leaves, Volume Four AN 5:106 Comfortably | Phāsu Sutta
    … As he was sitting there he said to the Blessed One, “To what extent, lord, might one, when living with the Saṅgha of monks, live comfortably?” “Ānanda, when a monk is himself consummate in virtue, but is not one who confronts another with regard to heightened virtue, it’s to this extent that, when living with the Saṅgha of monks, he might live comfortably … 
4. Handful of Leaves, Volume Four AN 3:85 The Vajjian Monk | Vajjiputta Sutta
    … the training in heightened virtue, the training in heightened mind, the training in heightened discernment.” “Then train in reference to those three trainings: the training in heightened virtue, the training in heightened mind, the training in heightened discernment. As you train in heightened virtue, heightened mind, & heightened discernment, your passion, aversion, & delusion—when trained in heightened virtue, heightened mind, & heightened discernment—will be abandoned … 
5. Handful of Leaves, Volume Four AN 5:180 About Gavesin | Gavesin Sutta
    … Now, Kassapa the Blessed One, worthy & rightly self-awakened, had a lay follower named Gavesin who didn’t practice in full in terms of his virtue. But because of Gavesin, there were 500 people who had been inspired to declare themselves lay followers, and yet who also didn’t practice in full in terms of their virtue. “Then the thought occurred to Gavesin the … 
6. Handful of Leaves, Volume Four AN 3:88 One in Training | Sekhin Sutta (2)
    … Which three? The training in heightened virtue, the training in heightened mind, the training in heightened discernment.2 These are the three trainings under which all that is gathered. “There is the case where a monk is wholly accomplished in virtue, moderately accomplished in concentration, and moderately accomplished in discernment. With reference to the lesser and minor training rules, he falls into offenses and … 
7. Handful of Leaves, Volume Four AN 3:74 To the Sakyan | Sakka Sutta
    … Ānanda, taking Mahānāma the Sakyan by the arm, led him to one side and said to him, “Mahānāma, the Blessed One has talked both of the virtue of one who is in training [a stream-winner, a once-returner, or a non-returner] and of the virtue of one whose training is complete [an arahant]. He has talked both of the concentration of one … 
8. Handful of Leaves, Volume Four AN 5:130 Being Consummate | Sampadā Sutta
    … Which five? Loss of relatives, loss of wealth, loss through disease, loss in terms of virtue, loss in terms of views. It’s not by reason of loss of relatives, loss of wealth, or loss through disease that beings—with the break-up of the body, after death—reappear in a plane of deprivation, a bad destination, a lower realm, hell. It’s by … 
9. Handful of Leaves, Volume Four AN 4:194 At Sāpuga | Sāpuga Sutta
    … This is called purity of virtue. (The thought,) ‘I will make complete this sort of purity of virtue when it is not yet complete, or I will protect it here & there with discernment when it is complete’: Any desire, effort, diligence, endeavor, relentlessness, mindfulness,3 & alertness there is called the factor for exertion with regard to purity of virtue. “And what, TigerPaws, is the … 
10. Handful of Leaves, Volume Four AN 7:6 Treasure | Dhana Sutta
     … These, monks, are the seven treasures.” The treasure of conviction, the treasure of virtue, the treasure of a sense of shame & compunction, the treasure of listening, generosity, & discernment as the seventh treasure. Whoever, man or woman, has these treasures is said not to be poor, has not lived in vain. So conviction & virtue, faith & Dhamma-vision should be cultivated by the intelligent, remembering the … 
11. Handful of Leaves, Volume Four AN 11:2 An Act of Will | Cetanā Sutta
    An Act of Will Cetanā Sutta  (AN 11:2) “For a person endowed with virtue, consummate in virtue, there is no need for an act of will, ‘May freedom from remorse arise in me.’ It is in the nature of things that freedom from remorse arises in a person endowed with virtue, consummate in virtue. “For a person free from remorse, there is no … 
12. Handful of Leaves, Volume Four AN 3:91 Trainings (2) | Sikkha Sutta
     … Which three? The training in heightened virtue, the training in heightened mind, the training in heightened discernment. “And what is the training in heightened virtue? There is the case where a monk is virtuous. He dwells restrained in accordance with the Pāṭimokkha, consummate in his behavior & sphere of activity. He trains himself, having undertaken the training rules, seeing danger in the slightest fault. This … 
13. Handful of Leaves, Volume Four AN 3:49 A Mountain | Pabbata Sutta
     … Like a mountain of rock in the wilderness, in a mighty grove, dependent on which there prosper lords of the forest, great trees— in the same way, those who here live dependent on a clansman of conviction —consummate in virtue— prosper: wife & children, friends, dependents, & kin. Seeing the virtue of that virtuous one, his liberality & good conduct, those who are perceptive follow suit. Having … 
14. Handful of Leaves, Volume Four AN 7:7 To Ugga | Ugga Sutta
     … Which seven? The treasure of conviction, the treasure of virtue, the treasure of a sense of shame, the treasure of a sense of compunction, the treasure of listening, the treasure of generosity, the treasure of discernment. These, Ugga, are the seven treasures that are not open to fire, flood, kings, thieves, or hateful heirs.” The treasure of conviction, the treasure of virtue, the treasure … 
15. Handful of Leaves, Volume Four AN 4:1 Understanding | Anubuddha Sutta
     … Which four? “It’s because of not understanding and not penetrating noble virtue that we have transmigrated & wandered on for such a long, long time, you & I. “It’s because of not understanding and not penetrating noble concentration that we have transmigrated & wandered on for such a long, long time, you & I. “It’s because of not understanding and not penetrating noble discernment that … 
16. Handful of Leaves, Volume Four AN 11:1 What is the Purpose? | Kimattha Sutta
     … As he was sitting there he said to the Blessed One: “What is the purpose of skillful virtues? What is their reward?” “Skillful virtues have freedom from remorse as their purpose, Ānanda, and freedom from remorse as their reward.” “And what is the purpose of freedom from remorse? What is its reward?” “Freedom from remorse has joy as its purpose, joy as its reward … 
17. Handful of Leaves, Volume Four AN 3:90 Trainings (1) | Sikkha Sutta
     … Which three? The training in heightened virtue, the training in heightened mind, the training in heightened discernment. “And what is the training in heightened virtue? There is the case where a monk is virtuous. He dwells restrained in accordance with the Pāṭimokkha, consummate in his behavior & sphere of activity. He trains himself, having undertaken the training rules, seeing danger in the slightest fault. This … 
18. Handful of Leaves, Volume Four AN 8:26 To Jīvaka (On Being a Lay Follower) | Jīvaka Sutta
     … Jīvaka, when a lay follower himself is consummate in conviction but does not encourage others in the consummation of conviction; when he himself is consummate in virtue but does not encourage others in the consummation of virtue; when he himself is consummate in generosity but does not encourage others in the consummation of generosity; when he himself desires to see the monks but does … 
19. Handful of Leaves, Volume Four AN 10:76 Incapable | Abhabba Sutta
     … Which three? Restlessness, a lack of restraint, & poor virtue … “Without abandoning three things, one is incapable of abandoning restlessness, abandoning a lack of restraint, abandoning poor virtue. Which three? A lack of conviction, stinginess, & laziness… “Without abandoning three things, one is incapable of abandoning a lack of conviction, abandoning stinginess, abandoning laziness. Which three? Apathy, being hard to correct, & evil friendship… “Without abandoning three … 
20. Handful of Leaves, Volume Four AN 3:101 The Salt Crystal | Loṇaphala Sutta
     … There is the case where the very same sort of trifling deed done by another individual is experienced in the here & now, and for the most part barely appears for a moment. “Now, a trifling evil deed done by what sort of individual takes him to hell? There is the case where a certain individual is undeveloped in body,1 undeveloped in virtue, undeveloped … 
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