an5.233:1.1 “Mendicants, a resident mendicant with five qualities graces the monastery.
an5.233:1.2 What five?
an5.233:1.3 They’re ethical, restrained in the monastic code, conducting themselves well and resorting for alms in suitable places. Seeing danger in the slightest fault, they keep the rules they’ve undertaken.
an5.233:1.4 They’re very learned, remembering and keeping what they’ve learned. These teachings are good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, meaningful and well-phrased, describing a spiritual practice that’s totally full and pure. They are very learned in such teachings, remembering them, reciting them, mentally scrutinizing them, and penetrating them theoretically.
an5.233:1.5 They’re a good speaker who enunciates well, with a polished, clear, and articulate voice that expresses the meaning.
an5.233:1.6 They’re able to educate, encourage, fire up, and inspire those who approach them with a Dhamma talk.
an5.233:1.7 They get the four absorptions—blissful meditations in this life that belong to the higher mind—when they want, without trouble or difficulty.
an5.233:1.8 A resident mendicant with these five qualities graces the monastery.”
