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Suttas using 'kusala' in a mundane context?

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I was attempting to find suttas that use the term 'kusala' in a mundane context, such as: > In some past lives, past existences, past abodes the Realized One was > reborn as a human being. He firmly and persistently undertook **skillful** > behaviors such as good conduct by way of body, speech, and mind, > giving and sharing, taking precepts, observing the sabbath, paying due > respect to mother and father, ascetics and brahmins, honoring the > elders in the family, and various other things pertaining to skillful > behaviors. > > Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṁ jātiṁ purimaṁ bhavaṁ purimaṁ > niketaṁ pubbe manussabhūto samāno daḷhasamādāno ahosi **kusalesu** > dhammesu, avatthitasamādāno kāyasucarite vacīsucarite manosucarite > dānasaṁvibhāge sīlasamādāne uposathupavāse matteyyatāya petteyyatāya > sāmaññatāya brahmaññatāya kule jeṭṭhāpacāyitāya aññataraññataresu ca > adhikusalesu dhammesu. > > Due to performing, accumulating, heaping up, and amassing those deeds, > when his body broke up, after death, he was reborn in a good place, a > heavenly realm. > > So tassa kammassa kaṭattā upacitattā ussannattā vipulattā kāyassa > bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjati. > > [DN 30](https://suttacentral.net/dn30/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=linebyline&reference=pts¬es=none&highlight=false&script=latin) Are there others? If so, please list as many as we know.
Asked by Paraloka Dhamma Dhatu (46906 rep)
Sep 16, 2025, 05:37 AM