Numbered Discourses 5.163

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1. Numbered Discourses 5.163
2. 17. Resentment
3. Discussions
4. There Venerable Sāriputta addressed the mendicants:
5. “Reverends, mendicants!”
6. “Reverend,” they replied.
7. Sāriputta said this:
8. “A mendicant with five qualities is fit to hold a discussion with their spiritual companions.
9. What five?
10. A mendicant is personally accomplished in ethics, and answers questions that come up when discussing accomplishment in ethics.
11. They’re personally accomplished in immersion, …
12. They’re personally accomplished in wisdom, …
13. They’re personally accomplished in freedom, …
14. 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.
15. A mendicant with these five qualities is fit to hold a discussion with their spiritual companions.”