Numbered Discourses 6.7

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1. Numbered Discourses 6.7
2. 1. Worthy of Offerings
3. The Thoroughbred (3rd)
4. “Mendicants, a fine royal thoroughbred with six factors is worthy of a king, fit to serve a king, and is considered a factor of kingship.
5. What six?
6. It’s when a fine royal thoroughbred can endure sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and touches. And it’s fast.
7. A fine royal thoroughbred with these six factors is worthy of a king, fit to serve a king, and is considered a factor of kingship.
8. In the same way, a mendicant with six 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 six?
10. It’s when a mendicant can endure sights, sounds, smells, tastes, touches, and ideas.
11. A mendicant with these six 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.”