{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an7.43/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an7.43","id":"suttacentral_an7.43","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an7.43/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Kosamb\u012b in Ghosita\u2019s monastery. Then Venerable \u0100nanda robed up in the morning and, taking his bowl and robe, entered Kosamb\u012b for alms. Then it occurred to him, \u201cIt\u2019s too early to wander for alms in Kosamb\u012b. Why don\u2019t I visit the monastery for the wanderers of other religions?\u201d Then he went to the monastery for the wanderers of other religions and exchanged greetings with the wanderers there. When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side. Now at that time while those wanderers of other religions were sitting together this discussion came up among them, \u201cReverends, anyone who lives the full and pure spiritual life for twelve years is qualified to be called a \u2018graduate mendicant\u2019.\u201d \u0100nanda neither approved nor rejected that statement of the wanderers of other religions. He rose from his seat, thinking, \u201cI will learn the meaning of this statement from the Buddha himself.\u201d Then \u0100nanda wandered for alms in Kosamb\u012b. After the meal, on his return from almsround, he went to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and told him what had happened, adding: \u201cSir, in this teaching and training can we describe a mendicant as a \u2018graduate\u2019 solely because they have completed a certain number of years?\u201d \u201cNo, \u0100nanda, we cannot. These are the seven qualifications for graduation that I make known after realizing them with my own insight. What seven? It\u2019s when someone is faithful, conscientious, prudent, learned, energetic, mindful, and wise. These are the seven qualifications for graduation that I make known after realizing them with my own insight. A mendicant who possesses these seven qualifications for graduation is qualified to be called a \u2018graduate mendicant\u2019. This is so whether they have lived the full and pure spiritual life for twelve years, twenty-four years, thirty-six years, or forty-eight years.\u201d","title":"Graduation (2nd)","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":315}