Yogi: Does perfecting our sila (morality) help to speed up cultivating wisdom?

Sayadaw: To perfect sila, you need to have a lot of awareness because if you’re not aware, you won’t know when defilements push you.

When you have a lot of defilements, it is easy to just go that way – you won’t be able to control the mind without awareness. It takes a lot of discipline to maintain your sila, to be present to choose which way you’re going to go.

So, we have to practice with sila, samadhi and panna.