3.
The Discourse on the Factor for Striving
53.
"There are, monks, these five factors for striving.
Which five?
Here, monks, a monk has faith, he believes in the enlightenment of the Truth-finder -
'Thus indeed is the Blessed One: the Worthy One, the Perfectly Enlightened One, accomplished in true knowledge and conduct, the Fortunate One, knower of the world, unsurpassed trainer of persons to be tamed, Teacher of gods and humans, the Enlightened One, the Blessed One.'
He is free from illness, free from disease;
endowed with digestion that is even, neither too cold nor too hot, middling, capable of striving;
he is not fraudulent and not deceitful;
one who reveals himself as he really is to the Teacher, to the wise, or to his fellows in the holy life;
He 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.
he is wise, endowed with wisdom that discerns rise and fall, noble, penetrative, leading rightly to the complete elimination of suffering.
These, monks, are the five factors for striving."
The third.