| AN.VII.39 | Pa.thama Niddasa Sutta | Wanderers debate whether a monk who follows the 'brahma-faring' for twelve years can be considered praiseworthy. Saariputta asks the same question to the Buddha who says that a monk must have the following seven qualities in order to be considered praiseworthy:-- undertaking and perpetual training in: 1. the rules of training; 2. love of the Dhamma; 3. dispelling of greed; 4. seclusion; 5. striving; 6. thorough mindfulness, and; 7. penetration through view. If he has such qualities and follows the 'brahma-faring' for 24 years, 36 years or 48 years, it is right to say that he is praiseworthy. | 37/099 | Sattaka Nipaata, Pa.thamapa.n.naasaka | A"nguttara | A.iv. | |