dn25:15.1 Furthermore, a mortifier agrees with the way that the Realized One or their disciple teaches Dhamma when they make a valid point.
dn25:15.2 So they’re pure on that point.
dn25:15.3 Furthermore, a mortifier is not irritable and acrimonious …
dn25:15.5 offensive and contemptuous …
dn25:15.6 jealous and stingy …
dn25:15.7 devious and deceitful …
dn25:15.8 obstinate and arrogant …
dn25:15.9 they don’t have corrupt wishes …
dn25:15.10 and wrong view …
dn25:15.11 they’re not attached to their own views, holding them tight, and refusing to let go.
dn25:15.13 So they’re pure on that point.
dn25:15.14 What do you think, Nigrodha?
dn25:15.15 If this is so, is the fervent mortification in disgust of sin purified or not?”
dn25:15.16 “Clearly, sir, it is purified. It has reached the peak and the pith.”
dn25:15.17 “No, Nigrodha, at this point the fervent mortification in disgust of sin has not yet reached the peak and the pith.
dn25:15.18 Rather, it has only reached the shoots.”

