Is it possible to break precepts with household equanimity (without anger)?

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SarathW
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Is it possible to break precepts with household equanimity (without anger)?

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Is it possible to break precepts with household equanimity (without anger)?
If yes what is the Kamma associate with it?
This question is based on MN137
https://accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn ... html#fnt-1
“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”
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SarathW wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2019 3:31 am household
The most disgusting word.
:jedi:
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Eko Care wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2019 10:46 am
SarathW wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2019 3:31 am household
The most disgusting word.
:jedi:
Could you explain it?
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"This is a bondage, a baited hook.
There's little happiness here,
next to no satisfaction,
all the more suffering & pain."
Knowing this, circumspect,
wander alone like a rhinoceros.
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Agree!
Even if wonder alone you still need the household support.
“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”
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