Numbered Discourses 5.203

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1. Numbered Discourses 5.203
2. 21. With Kimbila
3. A Thoroughbred
4. “Mendicants, a fine royal thoroughbred with five factors is worthy of a king, fit to serve a king, and is considered a factor of kingship.
5. What five?
6. Integrity, speed, gentleness, patience, and sweetness.
7. A fine royal thoroughbred with these five factors is worthy of a king. …
8. In the same way, a mendicant with five qualities is worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods, worthy of hospitality, worthy of a religious donation, worthy of veneration with joined palms, and is the supreme field of merit for the world.
9. What five?
10. Integrity, speed, gentleness, patience, and sweetness.
11. A mendicant with these five qualities is worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods, worthy of hospitality, worthy of a religious donation, worthy of veneration with joined palms, and is the supreme field of merit for the world.”