AN 11.01 - 11.10 Dependence

11.01 Good conduct leads to non-regret, to joy, and so on all the way to liberation.11.02 A virtuous person need not make a wish; it is natural for the path to flow on.11.03 The Buddha teaches that ethical conduct is the vital cause of the good qualities that lead to awakening.11.04 Sāriputta teaches that ethical conduct is the vital cause of the good qualities that lead to awakening.11.05 Ānanda teaches that ethical conduct is the vital cause of the good qualities that lead to awakening.11.06 When a mendicant abuses their fellow monastics, eleven disasters follow.11.07 Ānanda asks the Buddha about a deep state of meditation where all normal perception has ceased, but there is still perception. The Buddha affirms that such a state exists. Ānanda puts the same question to Sāriputta, and gets the same answer.11.08 Ānanda asks the Buddha about a deep state of meditation where all normal attention has ceased, but there is still attention. The Buddha affirms that such a state exists.11.09 The Buddha tells Venerable Sandha to meditate like a trained thoroughbred, not like a wild colt. Doing so, they may attain a deep state.11.10 Possessing various sets of qualities, a mendicant is best among gods and men.