Numbered Discourses 8.3

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1. Numbered Discourses 8.3
2. 1. Love
3. Disliked (1st)
4. “Mendicants, a mendicant with eight qualities is disliked and disapproved by their spiritual companions, not respected or admired.
5. What eight?
6. It’s when a mendicant praises the disliked and criticizes the liked. They desire material things and honor. They lack conscience and prudence. They have corrupt wishes and wrong view.
7. A mendicant with these eight qualities is disliked and disapproved by their spiritual companions, not respected or admired.
8. A mendicant with eight qualities is liked and approved by their spiritual companions, and respected and admired.
9. What eight?
10. It’s when a mendicant doesn’t praise the disliked and criticize the liked. They don’t desire material things and honor. They have conscience and prudence. They have few desires and right view.
11. A mendicant with these eight qualities is liked and approved by their spiritual companions, and respected and admired.”