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The First Discourse on the Disagreeable
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"Monks, a monk possessed of eight qualities is not dear to his fellow monks in the holy life, not agreeable, not respected and not esteemed.
Which eight?
Here, monks, a monk is one who praises the disagreeable, one who blames the dear, desirous of material gain, desirous of honour, shameless, without moral fear, has evil desires, and has wrong view.
Monks, a monk possessed of these eight qualities is not dear to his fellow monks in the holy life, not agreeable, not respected and not esteemed.
"Monks, a monk possessed of eight qualities is dear to his fellow monks in the holy life, agreeable, respected and esteemed. Which eight? Here, monks, a monk is not one who praises the disagreeable, not one who blames the dear, not desirous of material gain, not desirous of honour, has shame, has moral fear, has few wishes, and has right view. Monks, a monk possessed of these eight qualities is dear to his fellow monks in the holy life, agreeable, respected and esteemed." The third.