{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an8.71/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an8.71","id":"suttacentral_an8.71","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an8.71/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, a mendicant is faithful but not ethical. So they\u2019re incomplete in that respect, and should fulfill it, thinking: \u2018How can I become faithful and ethical?\u2019 When the mendicant is faithful and ethical, they\u2019re complete in that respect. A mendicant is faithful and ethical, but not learned. So they\u2019re incomplete in that respect, and should fulfill it, thinking: \u2018How can I become faithful, ethical, and learned?\u2019 When the mendicant is faithful, ethical, and learned, they\u2019re complete in that respect. A mendicant is faithful, ethical, and learned, but not a Dhamma speaker. \u2026 they don\u2019t frequent assemblies \u2026 they don\u2019t teach Dhamma to the assembly with assurance \u2026 they don\u2019t get the four absorptions\u2014blissful meditations in this life that belong to the higher mind\u2014when they want, without trouble or difficulty \u2026 they don\u2019t realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements. So they\u2019re incomplete in that respect, and should fulfill it, thinking: \u2018How can I become faithful, ethical, and learned, a Dhamma speaker, one who frequents assemblies, one who teaches Dhamma to the assembly with assurance, one who gets the four absorptions when they want, and one who lives having realized the ending of defilements?\u2019 When they\u2019re faithful, ethical, and learned, a Dhamma speaker, one who frequents assemblies, one who teaches Dhamma to the assembly with assurance, one who gets the four absorptions when they want, and one who lives having realized the ending of defilements, they\u2019re complete in that respect. A mendicant who possesses these eight qualities is impressive all around, and is complete in every respect.\u201d","title":"Inspiring All Around (1st)","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":278}