3.0 BUDDHA'S GRADUAL INSTRUCTIONS TO LAY PEOPLE ON VIRTUE (YOUTH DHAMMA SESSION)

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.

This is the first module in the Youth Dhamma Gradual Teachings series, focused on our younger audience looking into BUDDHA'S GRADUAL INSTRUCTIONS TO LAY PEOPLE ON VIRTUE (sīlakathaṁ)

In this session we look into:

• — what is sīla and why is it important?
• — How to reflect on taking the five precepts
• — Why we need to protect the mind
• — Different things to consider about virtue - drawbacks, benefits, support...
• — Buddha's words to inspire us and help us understand virtue
• — Links to other parts of Buddha’s Teaching - giving, heavens, and more

Suttas that are mentioned directly or indirectly in this session:

• — Gihi Sutta (AN 5.179)
• — Abhisanda Sutta (AN 8.39)
• — Sekha-pāṭipada Sutta (MN53)
• — Sikkha Sutta (AN 3.88)
• — Arakkhita Sutta (AN 3.109)
• — Bīja Sutta (SN 45.150)
• — Velāma Sutta (AN 9.20)
• — Chattamāṇavakavimānavatthu (Vv 53)
• — Sukhapatthanā Sutta (Iti 76)
• — Mahāparinibbāna Sutta (DN 16)
• — Tayodhamma Sutta (AN 10.76)
• — Dutiyamahānāma Sutta (AN 11.12)
• — Vatthūpama Sutta (MN 7)
• — Karaṇīyametta Sutta (Snp 1.8)

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Bohoma pin to the people who have asked about gradual instructions for lay people over the past few months. There have been quite a few, so much merit to you.

A VIDEO of this FULL SESSION with presentation slides has been published to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2slnZdvYXk AND on Spotify as a video podcast

Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai