DO WE NEED PERFECT VIRTUE FOR STREAM ENTRY? - 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:   "Virtue or moral conduct (sīla) is encouraged throughout the Buddha’s teachings. I was wondering if perfect virtue is a requirement for stream entry?”   To answer the questions the following suttas were directly or indirectly referenced:  — Dutiyasāriputta Sutta (SN 55.5)  — Dutiyagilāna Sutta (SN 35.75)  — Sammādiṭṭhi Sutta (MN 9)  — Akusala Sutta (AN 10.136)  — Sīlabbata Sutta (AN 3.78)  — Kukkuravatika Sutta (MN 57)   — Mahāsāropama Sutta (MN 29)  — Sīla Sutta (AN 5.213) — Karaṇīyametta Sutta (Sn 1.8) 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=6MfDBtlcUNc