With Ānanda

Then Venerable Ānanda went up to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to him: “Ānanda, it is quite impossible for a faithless mendicant to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training. It is quite impossible for a mendicant who is unethical … unlearned … hard to admonish … with bad friends … lazy … unmindful … lacking contentment … of corrupt wishes … of wrong view to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training. It is quite impossible for a mendicant with these ten qualities to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training. It is quite possible for a faithful mendicant to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training. It is quite possible for a mendicant who is ethical … a learned memorizer … easy to admonish … with good friends … energetic … mindful … contented … of few desires … of right view to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training. It is quite possible for a mendicant with these ten qualities to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training.”