an7.65:1.1 “Mendicants, when there is no conscience and prudence, one who lacks conscience and prudence has destroyed a vital condition for sense restraint.
an7.65:1.2 When there is no sense restraint, one who lacks sense restraint has destroyed a vital condition for ethical conduct.
an7.65:1.3 When there is no ethical conduct, one who lacks ethics has destroyed a vital condition for right immersion.
an7.65:1.4 When there is no right immersion, one who lacks right immersion has destroyed a vital condition for true knowledge and vision.
an7.65:1.5 When there is no true knowledge and vision, one who lacks true knowledge and vision has destroyed a vital condition for disillusionment and dispassion.
an7.65:1.6 When there is no disillusionment and dispassion, one who lacks disillusionment and dispassion has destroyed a vital condition for knowledge and vision of freedom.
an7.65:1.7 Suppose there was a tree that lacked branches and foliage.
an7.65:1.8 Its shoots, bark, softwood, and heartwood would not grow to fullness.
an7.65:1.9 In the same way, when there is no conscience and prudence, a person who lacks conscience and prudence has destroyed a vital condition for sense restraint.
an7.65:1.10 When there is no sense restraint, one who lacks sense restraint has destroyed a vital condition for ethical conduct.
an7.65:1.11 When there is no ethical conduct, one who lacks ethics has destroyed a vital condition for right immersion.
an7.65:1.12 When there is no right immersion, one who lacks right immersion has destroyed a vital condition for true knowledge and vision.
an7.65:1.13 When there is no true knowledge and vision, one who lacks true knowledge and vision has destroyed a vital condition for disillusionment and dispassion.
an7.65:1.14 When there is no disillusionment and dispassion, one who lacks disillusionment and dispassion has destroyed a vital condition for knowledge and vision of freedom.
