1There Venerable Sāriputta addressed the mendicants:

“A mendicant with five qualities is fit to share their life with their spiritual companions. What five?

A mendicant is personally accomplished in ethics, and answers questions that come up when discussing accomplishment in ethics.

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They’re personally accomplished in immersion, …

They’re personally accomplished in wisdom, …

They’re personally accomplished in freedom, …

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They’re personally accomplished in the knowledge and vision of freedom, and they answer questions that come up when discussing accomplishment in the knowledge and vision of freedom.

A mendicant with these five qualities is fit to share their life with their spiritual companions.”

1Tatra kho āyasmā sāriputto bhikkhū āmantesi … pe … "pañcahi, āvuso, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu alaṁsājīvo sabrahmacārīnaṁ. Katamehi pañcahi?

Idhāvuso, bhikkhu attanā ca sīlasampanno hoti, sīlasampadākathāya ca āgataṁ pañhaṁ byākattā hoti;

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attanā ca samādhisampanno hoti, samādhisampadākathāya ca āgataṁ pañhaṁ byākattā hoti;

attanā ca paññāsampanno hoti, paññāsampadākathāya ca āgataṁ pañhaṁ byākattā hoti;

attanā ca vimuttisampanno hoti, vimuttisampadākathāya ca āgataṁ pañhaṁ byākattā hoti;

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attanā ca vimuttiñāṇadassanasampanno hoti, vimuttiñāṇadassanasampadākathāya ca āgataṁ pañhaṁ byākattā hoti.

Imehi kho, āvuso, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu alaṁsājīvo sabrahmacārīnan"ti.

Catutthaṁ.