6.
The Discourse on a Friend
146.
"Monks, a monk possessed of five qualities as a friend should not be associated with.
Which five?
He engages in work, he takes up legal cases, he is opposed to the chief monks, he dwells devoted to long wandering and unsettled wandering, he is not competent to instruct, encourage, inspire, and gladden from time to time with a talk on the Teaching.
Monks, a monk possessed of these five qualities as a friend should not be associated with.
"Monks, a monk possessed of five qualities as a friend should be associated with. Which five? He does not engage in work, he does not take up legal cases, he is not opposed to the chief monks, he does not dwell devoted to long wandering and unsettled wandering, he is competent to instruct, encourage, inspire, and gladden from time to time with a talk on the Teaching. Monks, a monk possessed of these five qualities as a friend should be associated with." The sixth.