7.
The Discourse on the Beautiful
7.
"Monks, these four who are learned, disciplined, confident, very learned, bearers of the Teaching, practising in accordance with the Teaching, adorn the Community.
Which four?
A monk, monks, who is learned, disciplined, confident, very learned, a bearer of the Teaching, practising in accordance with the Teaching, adorns the Community.
A nun, monks, who is learned, disciplined, confident, very learned, a bearer of the Teaching, practising in accordance with the Teaching, adorns the Community.
A lay follower, monks, who is learned, disciplined, confident, very learned, a bearer of the Teaching, practising in accordance with the Teaching, adorns the Community.
A female lay follower, monks, who is learned, disciplined, confident, very learned, a bearer of the Teaching, practising in accordance with the Teaching, adorns the Community.
These, monks, are the four who are learned, disciplined, confident, very learned, bearers of the Teaching, practising in accordance with the Teaching, who adorn the Community."
Very learned and a bearer of the Teaching;
One who lives in conformity with the Teaching,
Such a one is called an adorner of the Community.
A lay follower who is faithful, and a female lay follower who is faithful;
These indeed adorn the Community, these are the adorners of the Community." The seventh.