CAN A STREAM-ENTERER BREAK THE FIVE PRECEPTS? - Stream Entry Q&A

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast. Following the talk on poya on Buddha's Advice to Lay People on Stream Entry, a question has been raised:   “Can a stream-enterer break the five precepts or other kinds of sīla? Sometimes I wonder about this when I’m around people who I think are highly attained but demonstrate a lack of virtue from time to time”   To answer the questions the following suttas were directly or indirectly referenced:  – Dutiyasikkhā Sutta (AN 3.87)  – Kalahavivāda Sutta (Sn 4.11)  – Kalahavivādasuttaniddesa (Mnd 11)  – Pariññeyya Sutta (SN 56.29) – Veḷudvāreyya Sutta (SN 55.7)  – Ratana sutta (Sn 2.1)  – Paṭhamasaraṇānisakka Sutta (SN 55.24)  – Dutiyasaraṇānisakka Sutta (SN 55.25)   To watch the poya talk on Stream Entry (VIDEO) - https://bit.ly/3aSvH9W or to listen to the talk (AUDIO) - https://bit.ly/3t7RkZX Bohoma pin to the person who asked this Dhamma question.  PLEASE NOTE - you can send in questions via the voice messaging feature on anchor.fm podcast app OR via email suttameditationseries[at]gmail.com. A VIDEO with presentation slides has been uploaded to the Sutta Meditation Series YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMh0nYibVgU