{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an4.260/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an4.260","id":"suttacentral_an4.260","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.260/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, a fine royal thoroughbred with four factors is worthy of a king, fit to serve a king, and reckoned a factor of kingship. What four? It\u2019s when a fine royal thoroughbred is beautiful, strong, fast, and well-proportioned. A fine royal thoroughbred with these four factors is worthy of a king. \u2026 In the same way, a mendicant with four qualities is worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods, worthy of hospitality, worthy of a religious donation, worthy of veneration with cupped palms, and is the supreme field of merit for the world. What four? It\u2019s when a mendicant is beautiful, strong, fast, and well proportioned. And how is a mendicant beautiful? It\u2019s when a mendicant is 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. That\u2019s how a mendicant is beautiful. And how is a mendicant strong? It\u2019s when a mendicant lives with energy roused up for giving up unskillful qualities and embracing skillful qualities. They are strong, staunchly vigorous, not slacking off when it comes to developing skillful qualities. That\u2019s how a mendicant is strong. And how is a mendicant fast? It\u2019s when a mendicant realizes 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. That\u2019s how a mendicant is fast. And how is a mendicant well proportioned? It\u2019s when a mendicant receives robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick. That\u2019s how a mendicant is well proportioned. A mendicant with these four qualities \u2026 is the supreme field of merit for the world.\u201d","title":"A Thoroughbred (2nd)","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":287}