3.
The Discourse on the Referendum
33.
"Possessed of how many qualities, venerable sir, should a monk be authorized by means of a referendum?"
"Upāli, a monk possessed of ten qualities should be authorized by means of a referendum.
Which ten?
Here, Upāli, 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;
he 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;
and both Pātimokkhas are well learnt by him in detail, well divided, well recited, well determined, by rule and by feature;
and he is established in the monastic discipline and is unshakable;
he is competent to convince, to make known, to make examine, to make see, to inspire confidence in both parties hostile about the matter;
he is skilled in the arising and appeasement of legal cases -
he knows a legal case;
he knows the origin of a legal case;
he knows the cessation of a legal case;
he knows the practice leading to the cessation of a legal case.
Upāli, a monk possessed of these ten qualities should be authorized by means of a referendum."
The third.