Rajanīyasutta
Desirable
Senior mendicants with strong defilements are disliked.
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Vītarāgasutta
Free of Greed
Senior mendicants with strong defilements are disliked.
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Kuhakasutta
Deceiver
Senior mendicants who are manipulative and opportunistic are disliked.
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Assaddhasutta
Faithless
Qualities making a senior mendicant liked or disliked.
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Akkhamasutta
Cannot Endure
A senior mendicant with no endurance is disliked.
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Paṭisambhidāpattasutta
Attaining the Methods of Textual Analysis
A senior mendicant is liked if they can analyze and explain the Dharma well, and if they are helpful in the monastery.
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Sīlavantasutta
Ethical
A senior mendicant with morality, learning, who is a good speaker and successful meditator is liked.
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Therasutta
Senior Mendicants
Even if a senior mendicant has many good qualities, they can still lead people astray if they have wrong view.
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Paṭhamasekhasutta
A Trainee (1st)
Even if a mendicant is a trainee, they won’t progress if they don’t focus on practice. In brief.
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Dutiyasekhasutta
A Trainee (2nd)
Even if a mendicant is a trainee, they won’t progress if they don’t focus on practice. In detail.