The elder bhikkhu

“Bhikkhus, the bhikkhu endowed with ten things, wherever he goes, has a pleasant abiding. What ten?

He is a well-known elder gone forth long since. Is virtuous, ... re ... abides seeing fear in the slightest fault. Is learned ... re ... and straightens his view. Of the higher code of rules he is well versed to explain and adjudicate with reference to suttas and words. Is clever in giving judgement. Is fond of the Teaching and speaks delightedly about the deeper aspects of the Teaching and discipline. Is satisfied with whatever gain of robes, morsel food, dwellings and requisites when ill. Is lovely when approaching and receding and sits inside a house well restrained. He is a quick and easy gainer for nothing of the higher states of the mind, the pleasant abidings in this very life. Destroying desires, releasing the mind and released through wisdom, he abides in this very life by himself realizing. Bhikkhus, the bhikkhu endowed with these ten things, wherever he goes, has a pleasant abiding.