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(7) 2. The Chapter on Earthquakes 1. The Discourse on Desire "These eight, monks, are individuals existing, found in the world. Which eight? Here, monks, a monk dwelling in seclusion, living independently, a desire arises for gain. He strives, exerts, endeavors for gain. For him striving, exerting, endeavoring for gain, gain does not arise. He, by that lack of gain, grieves, wearies, laments, beats his breast, falls into confusion. This one is called, monks – ‘a monk desiring for gain, he strives, exerts, endeavors for gain, but is not a gainer, and is sorrowful and lamenting, and fallen from the True Dhamma’." "But here, monks, a monk dwelling in seclusion, living independently, a desire arises for gain. He strives, exerts, endeavors for gain. For him striving, exerting, endeavoring for gain, gain arises. He, by that gain, becomes intoxicated, negligent, falls into negligence. This one is called, monks – ‘a monk desiring for gain, he strives, exerts, endeavors for gain, and is a gainer, and intoxicated and negligent, and fallen from the True Dhamma’." "But here, monks, a monk dwelling in seclusion, living independently, a desire arises for gain. He does not strive, does not exert, does not endeavor for gain. For him not striving, not exerting, not endeavoring for gain, gain does not arise. He, by that lack of gain, grieves, wearies, laments, beats his breast, falls into confusion. This one is called, monks – ‘a monk desiring for gain, he does not strive, does not exert, does not endeavor for gain, and is not a gainer, and is sorrowful and lamenting, and fallen from the True Dhamma’." "But here, monks, a monk dwelling in seclusion, living independently, a desire arises for gain. He does not strive, does not exert, does not endeavor for gain. For him not striving, not exerting, not endeavoring for gain, gain..." Gain arises. He, by that gain, becomes intoxicated, becomes heedless, falls into heedlessness. This is called, monks: ‘A monk dwells desiring gain, does not exert, does not strive, does not endeavor for gain, and is a gainer, and intoxicated, and heedless, and fallen from the True Dhamma.’ But here, monks, for a monk dwelling in seclusion, living independently, desire arises for gain. He exerts, he strives, he endeavors for gain. For him, exerting, striving, endeavoring for gain, gain does not arise. He, by that lack of gain, does not grieve, does not become weary, does not lament, does not beat his breast and cry, does not fall into confusion. This is called, monks: ‘A monk dwells desiring gain, exerts, strives, endeavors for gain, and is not a gainer, and does not grieve, and does not lament, and is not fallen from the True Dhamma.’ But here, monks, for a monk dwelling in seclusion, living independently, desire arises for gain. He exerts, he strives, he endeavors for gain. For him, exerting, striving, endeavoring for gain, gain arises. He, by that gain, does not become intoxicated, does not become heedless, does not fall into heedlessness. This is called, monks: ‘A monk dwells desiring gain, exerts, strives, endeavors for gain, and is a gainer, and is not intoxicated, and is not heedless, and is not fallen from the True Dhamma.’ But here, monks, for a monk dwelling in seclusion, living independently, desire arises for gain. He does not exert, does not strive, does not endeavor for gain. For him, not exerting, not striving, not endeavoring for gain, gain does not arise. He, by that lack of gain, does not grieve, does not become weary, does not lament, does not beat his breast and cry, does not fall into confusion. This is called, monks: ‘A monk dwells desiring gain, does not exert, does not strive, does not endeavor for gain, and is not a gainer, and does not grieve, and does not lament, and is not fallen from the True Dhamma.’ But here, monks, for a bh For a monk dwelling in seclusion, living unattached, a wish arises for gain. He does not strive, does not exert, does not endeavor for gain. For him, not striving, not exerting, not endeavoring for gain, gain arises. He, by that gain, is not intoxicated, is not heedless, does not fall into heedlessness. This is called, monks – ‘A monk who wishes to dwell for gain, does not strive, does not exert, does not endeavor for gain, and is a recipient, and is not intoxicated, and is not heedless, and is unfallen from the True Dhamma.’ These, monks, are the eight persons existing, found in the world. The First. 2. The Discourse on Sufficiency 62. "Endowed with six qualities, monks, a monk is sufficient for himself, sufficient for others. Which six? Here, monks, a monk is quick to understand wholesome states; he is of a nature to retain the teachings he has heard; he is an examiner of the meaning of the teachings he has retained; having understood the meaning, having understood the Dhamma, he practices in accordance with the Dhamma; he is of good speech, of good utterance, endowed with a refined voice, clear, unhesitating, making the meaning understood; and he is an instructor, an encourager, an inspirer, an enlightener of his fellow practitioners. Endowed with these six qualities, monks, a monk is sufficient for himself, sufficient for others. "Endowed with five qualities, monks, a monk is sufficient for himself, sufficient for others. Which five? Here, monks, a monk is not quick to understand wholesome states; he is of a nature to retain the teachings he has heard; he is an examiner of the meaning of the teachings he has retained; having understood the meaning, having understood the Dhamma, he practices in accordance with the Dhamma; he is of good speech, of good utterance, endowed with a refined voice, clear, unhesitating, making the meaning understood; and he is an instructor, an encourager, an inspirer... and one who encourages and gladdens his fellow practitioners. Monks, a monk endowed with these five qualities is fit for himself, and fit for others. Monks, a monk endowed with four qualities is fit for himself, but not fit for others. Which four? Here, monks, a monk is quick to understand wholesome states; he is one who remembers the teachings he has heard; he is one who examines the meaning of the teachings he has remembered; and having understood the meaning and the teaching, he practices in accordance with the Dhamma; but he is not one of good speech, not one of good utterance, not endowed with a refined, clear, unhesitating speech, which makes the meaning clear; and he is not one who explains, encourages, inspires, and gladdens his fellow practitioners. Monks, a monk endowed with these four qualities is fit for himself, but not fit for others. Monks, a monk endowed with four qualities is fit for others, but not fit for himself. Which four? Here, monks, a monk is quick to understand wholesome states; he is one who remembers the teachings he has heard; but he is not one who examines the meaning of the teachings he has remembered; and he does not, having understood the meaning and the teaching, practice in accordance with the Dhamma; but he is one of good speech, one of good utterance… which makes the meaning clear; and he is one who explains… his fellow practitioners. Monks, a monk endowed with these four qualities is fit for others, but not fit for himself. Monks, a monk endowed with three qualities is fit for himself, but not fit for others. Which three? Here, monks, a monk is not quick to understand wholesome states; but he is one who remembers the teachings he has heard; he is one who examines the meaning of the teachings he has remembered; and having understood the meaning and the teaching, he practices in accordance with the Dhamma; but he is not one of good speech, not one of good utterance, not endowed with a refined, clear, unhesitating speech, ...not stammering, able to make the meaning clear; but he is not one who points out, encourages, inspires, or gladdens his fellow practitioners. A monk endowed with these three qualities, O bhikkhus, is sufficient for himself, but not for others. A monk endowed with three qualities, O bhikkhus, is sufficient for others, but not for himself. Which three? Here, O bhikkhus, a monk is not quick to grasp wholesome states; and he is one who retains the teachings he has heard; but he is not one who examines the meaning of the retained teachings; and he is not one who practices in accordance with the Dhamma, understanding the meaning; he has good speech... able to make the meaning clear; and he is one who points out, encourages, inspires, gladdens his fellow practitioners. A monk endowed with these three qualities, O bhikkhus, is sufficient for others, but not for himself. A monk endowed with two qualities, O bhikkhus, is sufficient for himself, but not for others. Which two? Here, O bhikkhus, a monk is not quick to grasp wholesome states; and he is not one who retains the teachings he has heard; but he is one who examines the meaning of the retained teachings; and he is one who practices in accordance with the Dhamma, understanding the meaning; he does not have good speech... able to make the meaning clear; and he is not one who points out... his fellow practitioners. A monk endowed with these two qualities, O bhikkhus, is sufficient for himself, but not for others. A monk endowed with two qualities, O bhikkhus, is sufficient for others, but not for himself. Which two? Here, O bhikkhus, a monk is not quick to grasp wholesome states; and he is not one who retains the teachings he has heard; and he is not one who examines the meaning of the retained teachings; and he is not one who practices in accordance with the Dhamma, understanding the meaning; he has good speech, has good utterance, endowed with a citizen's speech... endowed with clear, unimpeded explanation of the meaning; and is one who instructs, encourages, inspires, and gladdens his fellow practitioners. Indeed, monks, a monk endowed with these two qualities is fit for others, not fit for himself. The Second. 3.