{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an10.98/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an10.98","id":"suttacentral_an10.98","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an10.98/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, a senior mendicant with ten qualities lives comfortably in whatever region they live. What ten? They are long standing and have long gone forth. They\u2019re ethical, restrained in the monastic code, conducting themselves well and resorting for alms in suitable places. Seeing danger in the slightest fault, they keep the rules they\u2019ve undertaken. They\u2019re very learned, remembering and keeping what they\u2019ve learned. These teachings are good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, meaningful and well-phrased, describing a spiritual practice that\u2019s entirely full and pure. They are very learned in such teachings, remembering them, reinforcing them by recitation, mentally scrutinizing them, and penetrating them theoretically. Both monastic codes have been passed down to them in detail, well analyzed, well mastered, well evaluated in both the rules and accompanying material. They\u2019re skilled in the instigation and settlement of disciplinary issues. They love the teachings and are a delight to converse with, being full of joy in the teaching and training. They\u2019re content with any kind of robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick. They look impressive when going out and coming back, and are well restrained when sitting in an inhabited area. They get the four absorptions\u2014blissful meditations in this life that belong to the higher mind\u2014when they want, without trouble or difficulty. They realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements. A senior mendicant with these ten qualities lives comfortably in whatever region they live.\u201d","title":"A Senior Mendicant","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":266}