17.
The Chapter on Qualities Engendering Confidence
366-381.
"This is certain, monks, among material gains, namely being a forest-dweller... etc.
being an almsfood eater...
being a wearer of rag-robes...
being a three-robe wearer...
being a Teaching preacher...
being an expert in monastic discipline...
great learning...
seniority...
accomplishment in deportment...
accomplishment in retinue...
having a large retinue...
being of good family...
beauty of complexion...
pleasantness of speech...
fewness of wishes...
freedom from illness."
The sixteen confidence-inspiring factors are concluded.
The Confidence-Inspiring Factors Chapter is the seventeenth.