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The First Discourse on the Expert in Monastic Discipline
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"Monks, a monk possessed of seven qualities is an expert in monastic discipline.
Which seven?
He knows an offence, he knows no offence, he knows a light offence, he knows a heavy offence, he 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 one who obtains at will, obtains without difficulty, obtains without trouble, the four meditative absorptions pertaining to the higher mind, which are pleasant abidings in the present life, through the elimination of the mental corruptions, realises by his own direct knowledge, in this very life, the liberation of mind and the liberation by wisdom that are free from mental corruptions and, having entered upon them, dwells in them.
Monks, a monk possessed of these seven qualities is an expert in monastic discipline."
The first.