The Buddha explained the relationship between virtuous conduct ... - Dhamma by Ajahn Jayasāro

The Buddha explained the relationship between virtuous conduct (sīla) and the higher stages of the path to liberation as follows:

Virtuous conduct leads to absence of guilt and regret, and this leads to feelings of well-being, which lead to joy. Joy leads to bliss which leads to concentration. Concentration provides the condition for knowing and seeing things in their true light. That clear knowing leads to disenchantment with defilements, which leads to dispassion, the transcendence of ignorant desires. That transcendence leads to the knowledge and vision of complete liberation.

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