{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an5.112/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an5.112","id":"suttacentral_an5.112","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an5.112/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, you shouldn\u2019t take a second monk with five qualities. What five? They walk too far away or too close behind. They don\u2019t take your bowl when it\u2019s full. They don\u2019t warn you when your speech is bordering on an offense. They keep on interrupting while you\u2019re speaking. And they\u2019re witless, dull, and idiotic. You shouldn\u2019t take a second monk these five qualities. You should take a second monk with five qualities. What five? They don\u2019t walk too far away or too close behind. They take your bowl when it is full. They warn you when your speech is bordering on an offense. They don\u2019t interrupt while you\u2019re speaking. And they\u2019re wise, bright, and clever. You should take a second monk with these five qualities.\u201d","title":"A Second Monk","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":125}