In this sutta, the Buddha lists the importance and merits of maintaining the precepts. Although, the precepts in discussion are those for the monks, patimokhha, I think, the Buddha also indirectly tells us lay folks of the advantages of following our five precepts. References: https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN6.html https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pāṭimokkha https://tricycle.org/magazine/the-five-precepts/