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
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Sep 16, 2025, 05:37 AM