10.
The Discourse on True Knowledge
10.
"A monk, monks, has faith, but is not moral.
Thus he is incomplete in that factor.
Therefore that factor should be fulfilled -
'How may I have faith and be moral?'
But when, monks, a monk has faith and is moral, thus he is complete in that factor.
"A monk, monks, has faith and is moral, but is not very learned, very learned, but is not one who is speaker of the Teaching, one who is speaker of the Teaching, but does not frequent assemblies, one who frequents assemblies, but does not confidently expound the Teaching to an assembly, confidently expounds the Teaching to an assembly, but is not an expert in monastic discipline, an expert in monastic discipline, but does not recollect manifold past lives, that is, one birth, two births, etc. thus with aspects and terms he recollects manifold past lives. And manifold, etc. past lives he recollects, but with the divine eye, which is pure and surpasses the human, etc. he understands beings according to their actions, and with the divine eye, which is pure and surpasses the human, etc. he understands beings according to their actions, but with the elimination of the mental corruptions, etc. having realised, having attained, dwells. Thus he is incomplete in that factor. Therefore that factor should be fulfilled - 'How may I have faith, be moral, be very learned, be one who is speaker of the Teaching, be one who frequents assemblies, confidently expound the Teaching to an assembly, be an expert in monastic discipline, and may I recollect manifold past lives, that is, one birth, two births, etc. thus with aspects and terms may I recollect manifold past lives, and with the divine eye, which is pure and surpasses the human, etc. may I understand beings according to their actions, and with the elimination of the mental corruptions, etc. having realised, having attained, may I dwell.'
"But when, monks, a monk has faith, is moral, is very learned, is one who is speaker of the Teaching, is one who frequents assemblies, confidently expounds the Teaching to an assembly, is an expert in monastic discipline, and recollects manifold past lives, as follows - one birth, two births, etc. thus with aspects and terms he recollects manifold past lives, and with the divine eye, which is pure and surpasses the human, etc. he understands beings according to their actions, and with the elimination of the mental corruptions, in this very life, having realised by direct knowledge himself, having attained, dwells in the liberation of mind and liberation by wisdom that are without mental corruptions. Thus he is complete in that factor. Monks, a monk possessed of these ten qualities is pleasing on all sides and complete in every respect." The tenth.