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he is one who obtains at will, without difficulty, without trouble, the four jhānas, which are of the higher mind, a pleasant abiding in this very life, and by the destruction of the taints, he lives having realized for himself with direct knowledge, in this very life, the taintless liberation of mind, liberation by wisdom. And endowed with other seven qualities, a monk is skilled in discipline – offense... knows an offense, knows a non-offense, knows a light offense, knows a grave offense; is learned, a holder of what is heard, a gatherer of what is heard; those teachings that are beautiful in the beginning, beautiful in the middle, beautiful in the end, with meaning and with letter, proclaiming the utterly complete and pure holy life— such teachings are much heard by him, held, familiarized by speech, contemplated by mind, well-penetrated by view; he is a gainer at will, without difficulty, without trouble, of the four jhānas, which are of the higher mind, a pleasant abiding in this very life; and by the destruction of the taints, he enters and abides in the taintless liberation of mind, liberation by wisdom, having realized it for himself with direct knowledge in this very life. Further, a bhikkhu endowed with seven qualities is a master of the Vinaya: knows an offense, knows a non-offense, knows a light offense, knows a grave offense; both Pātimokkhas are well-received by him in detail, well-analyzed, well-practiced, well-determined by the suttas and by the subsidiary points; he is a gainer at will, without difficulty, without trouble, of the four jhānas, which are of the higher mind, a pleasant abiding in this very life; and by the destruction of the taints, he enters and abides in the taintless liberation of mind, liberation by wisdom, having realized it for himself with direct knowledge in this very life. Further, a bhikkhu endowed with seven qualities is a master of the Vinaya: knows an offense; knows a non-offense; knows a light offense; knows a grave offense; he recollects his manifold past existences, that is to say: one birth, two births, three births, four births, five births, ten births, twenty births, thirty births, forty births, fifty births, a hundred births, a thousand births, a hundred thousand births, many eons of cosmic contraction, many eons of cosmic expansion, many eons of cosmic contraction and expansion— ‘There I was of such a name, of such a clan, of such a color, of such a... I was of such a diet, experiencing such pleasure and pain, with such a lifespan. Having passed away from there, I arose yonder. There I was of such a name, of such a clan, of such a color, of such a diet, experiencing such pleasure and pain, with such a lifespan. Having passed away from there, I arose here. Thus he recollects his manifold past lives, with their modes and details. With the divine eye, purified and surpassing that of humans, he sees beings passing away and reappearing, inferior and superior, fair and ugly, in good destinations and bad destinations, he understands beings according to their actions: 'Indeed, these beings, sirs, endowed with misconduct of body, misconduct of speech, misconduct of mind, revilers of noble ones, holding wrong views, undertaking actions based on wrong views, upon the breaking up of the body, after death, have reappeared in a state of deprivation, a bad destination, a downfall, hell. Or again, these beings, sirs, endowed with good conduct of body, good conduct of speech, good conduct of mind, not revilers of noble ones, holding right views, undertaking actions based on right views, upon the breaking up of the body, after death, have reappeared in a good destination, a heavenly world.' Thus with the divine eye, purified and surpassing that of humans, he sees beings passing away and reappearing, inferior and superior, fair and ugly, in good destinations and bad destinations, he understands beings according to their actions. And with the destruction of the taints, having realized for himself with direct knowledge in this very life, he enters and dwells in the taintless liberation of mind, liberation through wisdom. A holder of the discipline endowed with seven qualities shines forth: he knows an offense, he knows a non-offense, he knows a light offense, he knows a heavy offense, he is virtuous... he undertakes and trains in the training rules, he is a gainer at will, without difficulty, without trouble, of the four jhānas, which are of the higher mind, pleasant abidings in this very life, and with the destruction of the taints, having realized for himself with direct knowledge in this very life, he enters and dwells in the taintless liberation of mind, liberation through wisdom. dwells. And further, a Vinaya-holder endowed with seven qualities. He shines – he knows an offense, he knows a non-offense, he knows a light offense, he knows a grave offense, he is learned... well-penetrated by view, he is a gainer at will, without difficulty, without trouble, of the four jhānas, which are mental abidings, pleasant abidings in this very life, and by the destruction of the taints, having realized for himself with direct knowledge, in this very life, the taintless liberation of mind, liberation by wisdom, he enters and dwells therein. And further, a Vinaya-holder endowed with seven qualities shines – he knows an offense, he knows a non-offense, he knows a light offense, he knows a grave offense, and both Pātimokkhas are well-received by him in detail, well-divided, well-practiced, well-investigated according to the suttas and according to the explanations, he is a gainer at will, without difficulty, without trouble, of the four jhānas, which are mental abidings, pleasant abidings in this very life, and by the destruction of the taints, having realized for himself with direct knowledge, in this very life, the taintless liberation of mind, liberation by wisdom, he enters and dwells therein. And further, a Vinaya-holder endowed with seven qualities shines – he knows an offense; he knows a non-offense; he knows a light offense; he knows a grave offense; he recollects his manifold past lives, that is – one birth, two births... thus he recollects his manifold past lives with their aspects and details, with the divine eye, purified and surpassing human, he sees beings passing away and reappearing, inferior and superior, beautiful and ugly, fortunate and unfortunate, and he understands beings as they fare according to their kamma... thus with the divine eye, purified and surpassing human, he sees beings passing away and reappearing, inferior and superior, beautiful and ugly, fortunate and unfortunate, and he understands beings as they fare according to their kamma; and by the destruction of the taints, having realized for himself with direct knowledge, in this very life, the taintless liberation of mind, liberation by wisdom, having realized. he lives having attained full ordination. [dī. ni. 3.330] Seven ignoble qualities: He is faithless, he is shameless, he is without moral dread, he is of little learning, he is lazy, he is of confused mindfulness, he is unwise. [dī. ni. 3.330] Seven noble qualities: He is faithful, he is modest, he is morally dreading, he is of much learning, he is energetic, he is of established mindfulness, he is wise. The chapter of sevens is finished. Its summary: Offence, offence-sections, disciplined, and proper conduct; Unlawful and lawful, and non-offence, and seven days. Advantages, supreme things, and with the rising of dawn; Actions, raw grain, and transversely, in group meals. Taking for seven days at most, and gathering, likewise; Is not, is, is, and unlawful, and lawful things. Four Vinaya-holders, and four bhikkhus, O beautiful one; And seven ignoble qualities, seven noble qualities are taught. 8. The Chapter of Eights Seeing eight advantages, that bhikkhu should not be suspended for not seeing an offence. Seeing eight advantages, that offence should be confessed even for the faith of others. Eight "up to three times" cases. He corrupts families in eight ways. Eight topics for the production of robes. Eight topics for the removal of the kathina. Eight drinks. [cūḷava. 348; a. ni. 8.7] Devadatta, overcome and with his mind consumed by eight ignoble qualities, is destined for the lower realms, for hell, to remain for an eon, incurable. Eight worldly conditions. Eight weighty rules. Eight rules to be confessed. Eight-membered false speech. Eight Uposatha factors. Eight factors of a messenger. Eight practices of sectarians. Eight wonderful, amazing things in the great ocean. Eight wonderful, amazing things in this Dhamma and Vinaya. Eight not surplus. Eight surplus. At the eighth rising of dawn, it becomes subject to forfeiture. Eight pārājika offences. The eighth case, when completed, she should be expelled. The eighth case, when completed by her, even if confessed, is not confessed. Ordination with eight recitations. Eight persons to be risen for. A seat should be given to eight. The laywoman asks for eight boons. A bhikkhu endowed with eight qualities should be appointed as an admonisher of bhikkhunis. Eight advantages for a Vinaya-holder. Eight supreme things. A bhikkhu who has committed the Tassapāpiyasika act should behave correctly in eight matters. Eight unlawful suspensions of the Pātimokkha, and eight lawful suspensions of the Pātimokkha. The Chapter of Eights is finished. Its Summary – Not that bhikkhu, nor of others, up to the third offense; Mātikā, the Kathina's removal, drinks, and by the overwhelmed. Worldly conditions, weighty conditions, things to be confessed, falsehood; Uposatha and the messenger's duties, heretics, and in the declaration. Wonderful things, not exceeding, exceeding, things to be relinquished; The eighth Pārājika matter, ordination not declared. Rising up and a seat, a boon, and by the admonisher; Advantages, supreme things, conduct in eight matters; Unlawful and lawful,