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AN 6.83 - The Best Thing Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato Source: https://suttacentral.net/an6.83/en/sujato License: CC0-1.0 Numbered Discourses 6.83 8. Perfection The Best Thing “Mendicants, a mendicant with six qualities can’t realize the best thing, perfection. What six? It’s when a mendicant is faithless, shameless, imprudent, lazy, and witless. And they’re concerned with their body and their life. A mendicant with these six qualities can’t realize the best thing, perfection. A mendicant with six qualities can realize the best thing, perfection. What six? It’s when a mendicant is faithful, conscientious, prudent, energetic, and wise. And they have no concern for their body and their life. A mendicant with these six qualities can realize the best thing, perfection.”