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this should be frequently reflected upon by one who has gone forth; ‘Do I delight in empty dwellings?’ this should be frequently reflected upon by one who has gone forth; ‘Have I attained any superhuman state, a distinction in noble knowledge and vision, so that when questioned by my fellow monks at the last moment, I would not be ashamed?’ "I will be without blemish" should be frequently reflected upon by one who has gone forth. These, indeed, monks, are the ten qualities to be frequently reflected upon by one who has gone forth. The Eighth. 9. Discourse on Qualities Pertaining to the Body 49. "These ten, monks, are qualities pertaining to the body. Which are the ten? Cold, heat, hunger, thirst, excrement, urine, restraint of body, restraint of speech, restraint of livelihood, volitional formations leading to renewed existence – These, indeed, monks, are the ten qualities pertaining to the body." The Ninth. 10. Discourse on Quarrels 50. At one time, the Blessed One was dwelling at Savatthi, in Jeta's Grove, Anathapindika's park. Now at that time, many bhikkhus, having returned from their alms round after their meal, in the service hall, were sitting together, assembled, having fallen into disputes, quarrels, disagreements, living, piercing one another with verbal darts. Then the Blessed One, having risen from seclusion in the evening, approached the service hall. Having approached, he sat down on the seat prepared. Having sat down, the Blessed One addressed the bhikkhus: "With what talk, monks, are you now sitting together, assembled? And what was the interrupted talk among you?" "Here, venerable sir, we, having returned from our alms round after our meal, in the service hall, were sitting together, assembled, having fallen into disputes, quarrels, disagreements, living, piercing one another with verbal darts." "This is not proper for you, monks, for sons of good families, who have gone forth from home to homelessness out of faith, that you should, having fallen into disputes, quarrels, disagreements, live, piercing one another with verbal darts. "These ten, monks, are qualities that recall to mind, conducive to affection, conducive to respect, conducive to cohesion, to non-dispute, to concord, to unity. Which are the ten? Here, monks, a bhikkhu is virtuous. He dwells restrained by the Patimokkha restraint. Endowed with good conduct and resort, seeing danger in the slightest faults, undertaking and training in the precepts. And further, monks, a monk is virtuous, seeing danger in the slightest faults, undertaking and training in the precepts. This teaching is conducive to remembrance, to affection, to respect, to unity, to non-dispute, to harmony, to oneness. Furthermore, monks, a monk is learned, a preserver of what he has heard, a collector of what he has heard. Those teachings that are good in the beginning, good in the middle, good in the end, proclaiming the entirely complete and pure holy life, with meaning and with letter— such teachings are much heard by him, held, familiarized by speech, contemplated by mind, well-penetrated by view. And further, monks, a monk is learned, well-penetrated by view. This teaching is conducive to remembrance, to affection, to respect, to unity, to non-dispute, to harmony, to oneness. Furthermore, monks, a monk has good friends, good companions, good associates. And further, monks, a monk has good friends, good companions, good associates. This teaching is conducive to remembrance, to affection, to respect, to unity, to non-dispute, to harmony, to oneness. Furthermore, monks, a monk is easy to admonish, endowed with qualities that make him easy to admonish, patient, taking instruction respectfully. And further, monks, a monk is easy to admonish, endowed with qualities that make him easy to admonish, patient, taking instruction respectfully. This teaching is conducive to remembrance, to affection, to respect, to unity, to non-dispute, to harmony, to oneness. Furthermore, monks, whatever duties, high or low, there are for his fellow practitioners – he is skillful and not lazy in them, endowed with a discerning inquiry into the proper means for them, capable of doing them, capable of arranging them. And further, monks, whatever duties, high or low, there are for his fellow practitioners – he is skillful in them. and he is not lazy, endowed with an investigation into the proper means, able to do, able to arrange. This too is a teaching dear-making, respected-making, conducive to cohesion, to non-dispute, to harmony, to unity. Furthermore, monks, a monk is fond of the Dhamma, speaks pleasantly, takes great delight in the higher Dhamma and higher Vinaya. That too, monks, when a monk is fond of the Dhamma, speaks pleasantly, takes great delight in the higher Dhamma and higher Vinaya, this too is a teaching to be remembered, dear-making, respected-making, conducive to cohesion, to non-dispute, to harmony, to unity. Furthermore, monks, a monk dwells with aroused energy for the abandoning of unwholesome states, for the acquiring of wholesome states, steadfast, firm in effort, not laying down the burden in wholesome states. That too, monks, when a monk dwells with aroused energy for the abandoning of unwholesome states, for the acquiring of wholesome states, steadfast, firm in effort, not laying down the burden in wholesome states, this too is a teaching to be remembered, dear-making, respected-making, conducive to cohesion, to non-dispute, to harmony, to unity. Furthermore, monks, a monk is content with any robes, almsfood, lodging, and medicinal requisites for the sick. That too, monks, when a monk is content with any robes, almsfood, lodging, and medicinal requisites for the sick, this too is a teaching to be remembered, dear-making, respected-making, conducive to cohesion, to non-dispute, to harmony, to unity. Furthermore, monks, a monk is mindful, endowed with supreme mindfulness and clear comprehension, remembering and recollecting what was done and said long ago. That too, monks, when a monk is mindful, endowed with supreme mindfulness and clear comprehension, remembering and recollecting what was done and said long ago, this too is a teaching to be remembered, dear-making, respected-making, conducive to cohesion, to non-dispute, to harmony, to unity. Furthermore, monks, a monk is wise, endowed with the wisdom of rise and fall, noble and penetrative, leading to the right destruction of suffering. And further, monks, a bhikkhu is wise, endowed with wisdom that discerns rise and fall, noble, penetrative, leading to the complete destruction of suffering. This too is a memorable teaching, conducive to affection, to respect, to cohesion, to non-dispute, to unity, to oneness. These, monks, are the ten memorable teachings, conducive to affection, to respect, to cohesion, to non-dispute, to unity, to oneness. The Tenth. The Chapter on Abuse, the Fifth. Its summary – Two disputes and roots, in entering Kusinara; Sakka, Mahāli, constantly, and the dispute over relics. The First Fifty is finished. 2. The Second Fifty