8.
The Discourse on Enough
78.
There the Venerable Sāriputta addressed the monks - etc.
"Friends, a monk possessed of six qualities is able for himself and able for others.
With which six?
Here, friends, a monk is quick to understand wholesome mental states;
and he is one who retains the teachings heard;
and he is an investigator of the meaning of the teachings retained;
and having understood the meaning and having understood the Teaching, he is practising in accordance with the Teaching;
and he is of good speech, of good conversation, endowed with polished speech, distinct, free from drooling, capable of making the meaning clear;
and he is one who shows, an instigator, an inciter, a gladdener of his fellows in the holy life.
Possessed of these six qualities, friends, a monk is able for himself and able for others.
"Friends, a monk possessed of five qualities is able for himself and able for others. Which five? Here, friends, a monk is not indeed quick to understand wholesome mental states; and he is one who retains the teachings heard; and he is an investigator of the meaning of the teachings retained; and having understood the meaning and having understood the Teaching, he is practising in accordance with the Teaching; and he is of good speech, etc. and he is one who shows, etc. of his fellows in the holy life. Possessed of these five qualities, friends, a monk is able for himself and able for others.
"Friends, a monk possessed of four qualities is able for himself but not able for others. With which four? Here, friends, a monk is quick to understand wholesome mental states; and he is one who retains the teachings heard; and he is an investigator of the meaning of the teachings retained; and having understood the meaning and having understood the Teaching, he is practising in accordance with the Teaching; but he is not of good speech, etc. and he is not one who shows, etc. of his fellows in the holy life. Possessed of these four qualities, friends, a monk is able for himself but not able for others.
"Friends, a monk possessed of four qualities is able for others, not able for himself. With which four? Here, friends, a monk is quick to understand wholesome mental states; and he is one who retains the teachings heard; but he is not an investigator of the meaning of the teachings retained; and not having understood the meaning and not having understood the Teaching, he is not practising in accordance with the Teaching; and he is of good speech, etc. and he is one who shows, etc. of his fellows in the holy life. Friends, a monk possessed of these four qualities is able for others, not able for himself.
"Friends, a monk possessed of three qualities is able for himself, not able for others. With which three? Here, friends, a monk is not indeed quick to understand wholesome mental states; and he is one who retains the teachings heard; and he is an investigator of the meaning of the teachings retained; and having understood the meaning and having understood the Teaching, he is practising in accordance with the Teaching; but he is not of good speech, etc. and he is not one who shows, etc. of his fellows in the holy life. Friends, a monk possessed of these three qualities is able for himself, not able for others.
"Friends, a monk possessed of three qualities is able for others, not able for himself. With which three? Here, friends, a monk is not indeed quick to understand wholesome mental states; and he is one who retains the teachings heard; but he is not an investigator of the meaning of the teachings retained; and not having understood the meaning and not having understood the Teaching, he is not practising in accordance with the Teaching; and he is of good speech, etc. capable of making the meaning clear, and he is one who shows, etc. of his fellows in the holy life. Friends, a monk possessed of these three qualities is able for others, not able for himself.
"Friends, a monk possessed of two qualities is able for himself, not able for others. Which two? Here, friends, a monk is not indeed quick to understand wholesome mental states; and he is not one who retains the teachings heard; and he is an investigator of the meaning of the teachings retained; and having understood the meaning and having understood the Teaching, he is practising in accordance with the Teaching; but he is not of good speech, etc. and he is not one who shows, etc. of his fellows in the holy life. Friends, a monk possessed of these two qualities is able for himself, not able for others.
"Friends, a monk possessed of two qualities is able for others, not able for himself. Which two? Here, friends, a monk is not indeed quick to understand wholesome mental states; and he is not one who retains the teachings heard; but he is not an investigator of the meaning of the teachings retained; and not having understood the meaning and not having understood the Teaching, he is not practising in accordance with the Teaching; and he is of good speech, of good conversation, endowed with polished speech, distinct, free from drooling, capable of making the meaning clear; and he is one who shows, an instigator, an inciter, a gladdener of his fellows in the holy life. Friends, a monk possessed of these two qualities is able for others, not able for himself." The eighth.