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AN 5.89 A Trainee (1st)

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AN 5.89 - A Trainee (1st)
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Numbered Discourses 5.89
9. Senior Mendicants
A Trainee (1st)
“These five things lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee. What five? They relish work, talk, sleep, and company. And they don’t review the extent of their mind’s freedom. These five things lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee.
These five things don’t lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee. What five? They don’t relish work, talk, sleep, and company. And they review the extent of their mind’s freedom. These five things don’t lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee.”