Numbered Discourses 5.85

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1. Numbered Discourses 5.85
2. 9. Senior Mendicants
3. Cannot Endure
4. “Mendicants, a senior mendicant with five qualities is unlikable and disagreeable to their spiritual companions, not respected or admired.
5. What five?
6. They can’t endure sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and touches.
7. A senior mendicant with these five qualities is unlikable and disagreeable to their spiritual companions, not respected or admired.
8. A senior mendicant with five qualities is dear and beloved to their spiritual companions, respected and admired.
9. What five?
10. They can endure sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and touches.
11. A senior mendicant with these five qualities is dear and beloved to their spiritual companions, respected and admired.”