{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an5.124/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an5.124","id":"suttacentral_an5.124","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an5.124/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, a carer with five qualities is not competent to care for a patient. What five? They\u2019re unable to prepare medicine. They don\u2019t know what is suitable and unsuitable, so they supply what is unsuitable and remove what is suitable. They care for the sick for the sake of material benefits, not out of love. They\u2019re disgusted to remove feces, urine, vomit, or spit. They\u2019re unable to educate, encourage, fire up, and inspire the patient with a Dhamma talk from time to time. A carer with these five qualities is not competent to care for a patient. A carer with five qualities is competent to care for a patient. What five? They\u2019re able to prepare medicine. They know what is suitable and unsuitable, so they remove what is unsuitable and supply what is suitable. They care for the sick out of love, not for the sake of material benefits. They\u2019re not disgusted to remove feces, urine, vomit, or spit. They\u2019re able to educate, encourage, fire up, and inspire the patient with a Dhamma talk from time to time. A carer with these five qualities is competent to care for a patient.\u201d","title":"A Carer (2nd)","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":191}