an11.5:1.1 There Venerable Ānanda addressed the mendicants …
an11.5:1.2 “An unethical person, who lacks ethics, has destroyed a vital condition for not having regrets.
an11.5:1.3 When there are regrets, one who has regrets has destroyed a vital condition for joy.
an11.5:1.4 When there is no joy, one who lacks joy has destroyed a vital condition for rapture.
an11.5:1.5 When there is no rapture, one who lacks rapture has destroyed a vital condition for tranquility.
an11.5:1.6 When there is no tranquility, one who lacks tranquility has destroyed a vital condition for bliss.
an11.5:1.7 When there is no bliss, one who lacks bliss has destroyed a vital condition for right immersion.
an11.5:1.8 When there is no right immersion, one who lacks right immersion has destroyed a vital condition for true knowledge and vision.
an11.5:1.9 When there is no true knowledge and vision, one who lacks true knowledge and vision has destroyed a vital condition for disillusionment.
an11.5:1.10 When there is no disillusionment, one who lacks disillusionment has destroyed a vital condition for dispassion.
an11.5:1.11 When there is no dispassion, one who lacks dispassion has destroyed a vital condition for knowledge and vision of freedom.
