MORAL SHAME & FEAR OF WRONGDOING - Sekha-patipada Sutta (MN53) - Developing these accomplishment

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.

This is one part of a study program that delves into the Sekha-pāṭipada Sutta (MN53) – Venerable Ānanda’s Discourse on the Trainee’s Mode of Progress, which has been broken into different episodes.

This study program began in October 2020 with a specific meditation group and is still ongoing.

This episode looks at how we can develop the accomplishments of MORAL SHAME (hirimā) & FEAR OF WRONGDOING (ottāpī), as two more of the 15 accomplishments in conduct (caraṇasampanno)

We examine:

• the explanations provided by Venerable Ānanda in the Sekha-pāṭipada Sutta (MN53)
• the Nagaropama Sutta (AN7.67) to help us understand the next 7 good qualities to be developed
• other useful suttas to give us additional help to understand the teaching
• where the bar is set for the 'adept' and how to develop this quality as trainees towards the goal
• practical tips for progress, taking into account responsibilities and challenges of lay life
• useful meditations to help us further develop these accomplishments in conduct

Some of the suttas referenced directly or indirectly in this session:

• — Cariya Sutta (AN 2.9)
• — Avijjā Sutta (SN 45.1)
• — Nagaropama Sutta (AN 7.67)
• — Suttavebhaṅgiya (Pe 9)
• — Ādittapariyāya Sutta (SN 35.28)
• — Pamādavihārī Sutta (SN 35.97)
• — Attānuvāda Sutta (AN 4.121)
• — Mahā Assapura Sutta (MN 39)
• — Hirīottappa Sutta (AN 7.65)
• — Vatthūpama Sutta (MN 7)
• — Anumana Sutta (MN 15)
• — Anaṅgaṇa Sutta (MN 5)
• — Sallekha Sutta (MN 8)
• — Karaṇīyametta Sutta (Sn 1.8)
• — Saṃsappanīya Sutta (AN 10.216)
• — Byasana Sutta (AN 5.130)

To read the whole Sekha-pāṭipada Sutta (MN53) – https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN53.html and the Nagaropama Sutta (AN7.67) - https://suttacentral.net/an7.67/en/sujato

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Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai