A discourse on the benefits that come to monks through virtue, concentration, insight, and release.

A discourse in which Ānanda tells Bhaddā that the virtuous habits taught by the Buddha arise from cultivating the four foundations of mindfulness.

A discourse in which the Buddha exhorts monks to be perfect in virtue so that they may be ardent, scrupulous, and resolute.

A discourse describing the monk endowed with virtue, concentration, insight, emancipation, and the vision of emancipation as worthy of offerings and homage.

A discourse contrasting the five dangers that befall the unvirtuous with the five benefits enjoyed by the virtuous, in this life and after death.