{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an5.203/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an5.203","id":"suttacentral_an5.203","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an5.203/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, a fine royal thoroughbred with five factors is worthy of a king, fit to serve a king, and is reckoned a factor of kingship. What five? Integrity, speed, tenderness, patience, and gentleness. A fine royal thoroughbred with these five factors is worthy of a king. \u2026 In the same way, a mendicant with five 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 five? Integrity, speed, tenderness, patience, and gentleness. A mendicant with these five 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.\u201d","title":"A Thoroughbred","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":134}