Skilled in the Discipline (c)

Translated from the Pali by E.M. Hare.

[1] THUS have I heard:

Once the Exalted One was dwelling near Sāvatthī, at Jeta Grove,
in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park;
and there he addressed the monks, saying:

"Monks."

'Yes, lord,' they replied;
and the Exalted One said:

"Monks, possessed of seven qualities, a monk is skilled in the discipline.

Of wbat seven?

He knows what is an offence;

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what is not;

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what is trifling;

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what is grave;

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he is firmly set in the discipline and is irrefutable^[1]

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at will, easily and without trouble,
he attains to the four musings,
wholly mental,
bringing comfort both here and now;

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by destroying the cankers,
he enters and abides in the emancipation of the heart and wisdom,
which is cankerless,
and this state he knows and realizes for himself,
even in this life.

Verily, monks, possessed of seven qualities,
a monk is skilled in the discipline.

^[1] Vinaye thito hoti asaṇhīro (the text reads -hiro); at Vin. ii, 96: vinaye cheko hoti asaṇhīro.

Aṇguttara Nikāya Sattaka Nipāta VIII. Vinaya Vagga

The Book of the Gradual Sayings The Book of the Sevens Chapter VIII: The Discipline

Sutta 73

Tatiya Vinaya-Dhara Suttaṃ

Skilled in the Discipline (c)

Aṇguttara Nikāya
Sattaka Nipāta
VIII. Vinaya Vagga

The Book of the Gradual Sayings
The Book of the Sevens
Chapter VIII: The Discipline