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The Buddha explains the five lower fetters and the way of practice for abandoning them.
PTS 1.432–1.436The Buddha refutes the idea that merely refraining from bad deeds makes one a supreme ascetic, pointing out this would make infants enlightened. True awakening requires actively abandoning unwholesome states and cultivating the ten qualities of an adept.
PTS 2.22–2.28