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The section on the foolish and unskilled is finished. 22. Discourse on the Cessation of Reliance 83. At that time, monks did not know the cessations of reliance even when their teachers and preceptors had departed, or gone astray, or passed away, or gone over to another sect. They reported this matter to the Blessed One. “Monks, there are these five cessations of reliance from a preceptor: The preceptor has departed, or gone astray, or passed away, or gone over to another sect, and the fifth is by command. These, monks, are the five cessations of reliance from a preceptor. “Monks, there are these six cessations of reliance from a teacher: The teacher has departed, or gone astray, or passed away, or gone over to another sect, and the fifth is by command, or by the preceptor’s agreement is not gone. These, indeed, bhikkhus, are the six pacifications of dependence from the teacher. The discourse on the pacification of dependence is finished. 23. The Quintet on Who Should Be Ordained 84. ‘‘By a bhikkhu, bhikkhus, endowed with five qualities, one should not be ordained, dependence should not be given, a novice should not be attended to. He is not endowed with the aggregate of virtue beyond training, he is not endowed with the aggregate of concentration beyond training, he is not endowed with the aggregate of wisdom beyond training, he is not endowed with the aggregate of liberation beyond training, he is not endowed with the aggregate of knowledge and vision of liberation beyond training – by a bhikkhu, bhikkhus, endowed with these five qualities, one should not be ordained, dependence should not be given, a novice should not be attended to. ‘‘By a bhikkhu, bhikkhus, endowed with five qualities, one should be ordained, dependence should be given, a novice should be attended to. He is endowed with the aggregate of virtue beyond training, he is endowed with the aggregate of concentration beyond training, he is endowed with the aggregate of wisdom beyond training, he is endowed with the aggregate of liberation beyond training, he is endowed with the aggregate of knowledge and vision of liberation beyond training – by a bhikkhu, bhikkhus, endowed with these five qualities, one should be ordained, dependence should be given, a novice should be attended to. ‘‘Furthermore, bhikkhus, by a bhikkhu endowed with five qualities, one should not be ordained, dependence should not be given, a novice should not be attended to. He himself is not endowed with the aggregate of virtue beyond training, nor does he make others undertake the aggregate of virtue beyond training; he himself is not endowed with the aggregate of concentration beyond training, nor does he make others undertake the aggregate of concentration beyond training; he himself is not endowed with the aggregate of wisdom beyond training, nor does he make others undertake the aggregate of wisdom beyond training; he himself is not endowed with the aggregate of liberation beyond training, He is endowed, not able to establish others in the training-free aggregate of liberation; He himself is not endowed with the training-free aggregate of knowledge and vision of liberation, not able to establish others in the training-free aggregate of knowledge and vision of liberation – By a bhikkhu endowed with these five factors, monks, ordination should not be given, dependence should not be given, a novice should not be attended to. By a bhikkhu endowed with five factors, monks, ordination should be given, dependence should be given, a novice should be attended to. He himself is endowed with the training-free aggregate of virtue, able to establish others in the training-free aggregate of virtue; He himself is endowed with the training-free aggregate of concentration, able to establish others in the training-free aggregate of concentration; He himself is endowed with the training-free aggregate of wisdom, able to establish others in the training-free aggregate of wisdom; He himself is endowed with the training-free aggregate of liberation, able to establish others in the training-free aggregate of liberation; He himself is endowed with the training-free aggregate of knowledge and vision of liberation, able to establish others in the training-free aggregate of knowledge and vision of liberation – By a bhikkhu endowed with these five factors, monks, ordination should be given, dependence should be given, a novice should be attended to. And further, monks, by a bhikkhu endowed with five factors, ordination should not be given, dependence should not be given, a novice should not be attended to. He is faithless, he is shameless, he is fearless of wrongdoing, he is lazy, he is unmindful – By a bhikkhu endowed with these five factors, monks, ordination should not be given, dependence should not be given, a novice should not be attended to. By a bhikkhu endowed with five factors, monks, ordination should be given, dependence should be given, a novice should be attended to. He is faithful, he is conscientious, he is fearful of wrongdoing, he is energetic, he is mindful – By these five factors, monks, By a monk endowed with qualities, ordination should be given, dependence should be given, a novice should be attended. And further, monks, by a monk endowed with five qualities, ordination should not be given, dependence should not be given, a novice should not be attended. He is deficient in higher virtue, he is deficient in conduct, he is deficient in higher view, he is unlearned, he is unwise – by these five qualities, monks, by a monk endowed with them, ordination should not be given, dependence should not be given, a novice should not be attended. By a monk, monks, endowed with five qualities, ordination should be given, dependence should be given, a novice should be attended. He is not deficient in higher virtue, he is not deficient in conduct, he is not deficient in higher view, he is learned, he is wise – by these five qualities, monks, by a monk endowed with them, ordination should be given, dependence should be given, a novice should be attended. And further, monks, by a monk endowed with five qualities, ordination should not be given, dependence should not be given, a novice should not be attended. He is not capable of attending or having attended a sick pupil or co-resident, of appeasing or having appeased discontent that has arisen, of dispelling according to the Dhamma remorse that has arisen, he does not know an offense, he does not know the rising from an offense – by these five qualities, monks, by a monk endowed with them, ordination should not be given, dependence should not be given, a novice should not be attended. By a monk, monks, endowed with five qualities, ordination should be given, dependence should be given, a novice should be attended. He is capable of attending a sick pupil or co-resident... to support or to have supported, to settle or to have settled one who is discontented, to dispel arisen remorse according to the Dhamma, knows an offense, knows the recovery from an offense – By a bhikkhu endowed with these five qualities, O bhikkhus, ordination should be given, dependence should be granted, a novice should be attended to. Furthermore, O bhikkhus, by a bhikkhu endowed with five qualities, ordination should not be given, dependence should not be granted, a novice should not be attended to. He is not capable of training his pupil or co-resident in the training of proper conduct, guiding in the training of the basic holy life, guiding in the higher Dhamma, guiding in the higher Vinaya, discerning an arisen wrong view according to the Dhamma – By a bhikkhu endowed with these five qualities, O bhikkhus, ordination should not be given, dependence should not be granted, a novice should not be attended to. By a bhikkhu endowed with five qualities, O bhikkhus, ordination should be given, dependence should be granted, a novice should be attended to. He is capable of training his pupil or co-resident in the training of proper conduct, guiding in the training of the basic holy life, guiding in the higher Dhamma, guiding in the higher Vinaya, discerning an arisen wrong view according to the Dhamma – By a bhikkhu endowed with these five qualities, O bhikkhus, ordination should be given, dependence should be granted, a novice should be attended to. Furthermore, O bhikkhus, by a bhikkhu endowed with five qualities, ordination should not be given, dependence should not be granted, a novice should not be attended to. He does not know an offense, does not know a non-offense, does not know a light offense, does not know a heavy offense, and for him, both Pātimokkhas are not well-learned in detail, not well-analyzed, not well-practiced, not well-determined rule by rule, section by section – By a bhikkhu endowed with these five qualities, O bhikkhus, should not give ordination, should not give reliance, should not attend to a novice. “Monks, a bhikkhu endowed with five qualities should give ordination, should give reliance, should attend to a novice. He knows what is an offense, he knows what is not an offense, he knows what is a light offense, he knows what is a grave offense, and both Pātimokkhas are well-received by him in detail, well-analyzed, well-practiced, well-discerned, according to the suttas and according to the individual clauses. Monks, a bhikkhu endowed with these five qualities should give ordination, should give reliance, should attend to a novice. “Monks, a bhikkhu endowed with another five qualities should not give ordination, should not give reliance, should not attend to a novice. He does not know what is an offense, he does not know what is not an offense, he does not know what is a light offense, he does not know what is a grave offense, he is less than ten years old (in ordination). Monks, a bhikkhu endowed with these five qualities should not give ordination, should not give reliance, should not attend to a novice.