7.
The First Discourse on Protection
17.
"Monks, dwell with a protector, do not be without a protector.
Monks, one without a protector dwells in suffering.
Monks, there are these ten phenomena that make for protection.
What are the ten?
Here, monks, a monk is virtuous, he dwells restrained by the restraint of the Pātimokkha, accomplished in good conduct and lawful resort, seeing danger in the slightest faults, having accepted the training rules he trains in them.
That, monks, a monk is virtuous, etc.
having accepted the training rules he trains in them, this too is a phenomenon that makes for protection.
"Furthermore, monks, a monk is very learned, remembering what has been learnt, having great accumulation of learning; whatever teachings that are good in the beginning, good in the middle, good in the end, with meaning and with phrasing, that reveal the holy life that is complete in its entirety and pure - such teachings are very learned by him, retained, practised in speech, contemplated in mind, thoroughly penetrated by view. That, monks, a monk is very learned, etc. thoroughly penetrated by view, this too is a phenomenon that makes for protection.
"Furthermore, monks, a monk has good friends, good companions, good associates. That, monks, a monk has good friends, good companions, good associates, this too is a phenomenon that makes for protection.
"Furthermore, monks, a monk is easy to admonish, endowed with qualities that make for being easy to admonish, patient, receiving instruction respectfully. That, monks, a monk is easy to admonish, etc. receiving instruction respectfully, this too is a phenomenon that makes for protection.
"Furthermore, monks, a monk, regarding whatever high and low duties there are to be done for his fellows in the holy life, therein he is skilled, not lazy, endowed with investigation into the means for that, able to do and able to arrange. That, monks, a monk, regarding whatever those duties for his fellows in the holy life, etc. able to do and able to arrange, this too is a phenomenon that makes for protection.
"Furthermore, monks, a monk is a lover of the Teaching, of amiable conversation, having great gladness in the higher teaching and higher discipline. That, monks, a monk is a lover of the Teaching, of amiable conversation, having great gladness in the higher teaching and higher discipline, this too is a phenomenon that makes for protection.
"Furthermore, monks, a monk dwells putting forth strenuous energy for the abandoning of unwholesome mental states and for the acquisition of wholesome mental states, steadfast, of firm effort, not shirking the responsibility regarding wholesome mental states. That, monks, a monk dwells putting forth strenuous energy for the abandoning of unwholesome mental states and for the acquisition of wholesome mental states, steadfast, of firm effort, not shirking the responsibility regarding wholesome mental states, this too is a phenomenon that makes for protection.
"Furthermore, monks, a monk is content with any requisites of robes, almsfood, lodging and medicine for the sick. That, monks, a monk is content with any requisites of robes, almsfood, lodging and medicine for the sick, this too is a phenomenon that makes for protection.
"Furthermore, monks, a monk is mindful, endowed with the highest mindfulness and discretion, remembering and recollecting what was done long ago and what was said long ago. That, monks, a monk is mindful, endowed with the highest mindfulness and discretion, remembering and recollecting what was done long ago and what was said long ago, this too is a phenomenon that makes for protection.
"Furthermore, monks, a monk is wise, endowed with wisdom that discerns rise and fall, noble, penetrative, leading rightly to the complete elimination of suffering. That, monks, a monk is wise, endowed with wisdom that discerns rise and fall, noble, penetrative, leading rightly to the complete elimination of suffering, this too is a phenomenon that makes for protection.
"Monks, dwell with a protector, do not be without a protector. Monks, one without a protector dwells in suffering. These, monks, are the ten phenomena that make for protection." The seventh.