Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c38.s3.8

v2.c38.s3.8

There are two Gahapativaggas in the Saṃyutta-nikāya.² In the first, the Gahapatis were admonished to observe the five moral precepts, develop faith in the Triratna, and comprehend the law of causation including the four truths. Incidentally the question of the identity and difference of soul and khandhas is discussed. In the second Gahapativagga, there are discourses on hindrances (saṃyojanas) which kept one away from Nibbāna, on watchfulness over body (kāya satipaṭṭhāna) and its movements, on restraint in act, speech and thought, and on feelings of pain and pleasure derived through the organs of sense. There is a reference to the fall of Brāhmaṇas from their ancient ideal which was similar to the Buddhist ideal of self-restraint.