The virtuous

Bhikkhus, endowed with five things the elder bhikkhu becomes pleasant, agreeable, developed and honoured by co-associates in the holy life. What five?

He becomes virtuous restrained in the higher code of rules. Seeing fear in the slightest fault develops the right behaviour. Becomes learned, bearing and treasuring what he has heard. Of that Teaching good at the beginning, middle and end and explains the complete and pure holy life, he becomes learned, bearing it in mind and experiencing it, sees with penetrating insight. He becomes one endowed with good polite words to explain the meanings. Of the four higher states of the mind, the pleasant abidings he becomes a gainer for nothing, a quick gainer. Having destroyed desires, and releasing the mind and released through wisdom, having realized here and now he abides. Bhikkhus, endowed with these five things the elder bhikkhu becomes pleasant, agreeable, developed and honoured by co-associates in the holy life.