{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an8.16/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an8.16","id":"suttacentral_an8.16","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an8.16/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, a mendicant with eight qualities is worthy of going on a mission. What eight? It\u2019s a mendicant who learns and educates others. They memorize and remember. They understand and help others understand. They\u2019re skilled at knowing what\u2019s on topic and what isn\u2019t. And they don\u2019t cause quarrels. A mendicant with these eight qualities is worthy of going on a mission. Having eight qualities S\u0101riputta is worthy of going on a mission. What eight? He learns and educates others. He memorizes and remembers. He understands and helps others understand. He\u2019s skilled at knowing what\u2019s on topic and what isn\u2019t. And he doesn\u2019t cause quarrels. Having these eight qualities S\u0101riputta is worthy of going on a mission. They don\u2019t tremble when arriving at an assembly of fierce debaters. They don\u2019t miss out any words, or conceal the instructions. Their words aren\u2019t poisoned, and they don\u2019t tremble when questioned. Such a mendicant is worthy of going on a mission.\u201d","title":"Going on a Mission","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":157}