8 PureDhamma

For five reasons, a mendicant should wander a reasonable amount, not aimlessly.#6838-8s-3-AN5-221-227-dīghacārika

Senior mendicants with strong defilements are disliked.#6838-8s-2-AN5-81-Rajanīyasutta

Placing faith in an individual is dangerous for five reasons.#6836-8s-1-AN5-250-Puggalappasada

Some warriors, like some monks, falter before the threat of battle, while others emerge victorious.#6834-8s-2-AN5-75-1stYodhājīva

The Chapter on Gods of the Clouds#6834-8s-3-AN4-101-Valāhaka

It would be better for a monk to embrace a blazing fire than to lie with a maiden.#6834-8s-1-AN7-72-Aggikkhandho

The Buddha asks the chief Asibandhakaputta, a Jain, how Mahāvīra the Jain leader teaches his followers. He replies that you go to a rebirth depending on what you usually do. But the Buddha points out that even a killer only spends a small amount of time actually killing. The Buddha’s approach is to point out that deeds have results, and to encourage the abandoing of bad deeds and the adoption of good deeds.#6826-8s-6-SN42-8-Saṅkhadhama

Talapuṭa the head of a troupe of performers asks the Buddha whether the belief that performers have a good rebirth is correct. The Buddha tries to dissuade him, but ultimately reveals that by inciting lust they head to a bad rebirth. Talapuṭa is distressed and asks to ordain.#6826-8s-2-SN42-2-Tālapuṭa