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"I will be without blemish" —by a renunciant constantly to be reflected upon. These, monks, are the ten things by a renunciant constantly to be reflected upon. The Eighth. 9. The Discourse on Things Pertaining to the Body "These ten, monks, are things pertaining to the body. Which ten? Cold, heat, hunger, thirst, defecation, urination, bodily restraint, verbal restraint, livelihood restraint, the volitional formation leading to renewed existence— These, monks, are the ten things pertaining to the body." The Ninth. 10. The Discourse on Quarrels At one time the Blessed One was staying at Sāvatthī, in Jeta's Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika's monastery. Now at that time many monks, having returned from their alms-round after their meal, were sitting gathered in the service hall, having fallen into quarrels, disputes, and disagreements, living, piercing each other with verbal spears. 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 monks— "With what talk, monks, are you now sitting gathered? And what was the talk left unfinished in between?" "Here, Venerable Sir, having returned from our alms-round after our meal, we were sitting gathered in the service hall, having fallen into quarrels, disputes, and disagreements, living, piercing each other with verbal spears." "This is not fitting for you, monks, for sons of good families who have gone forth from the home life into homelessness out of faith, that you should live having fallen into quarrels, disputes, and disagreements, piercing each other with verbal spears. "These ten things, monks, are conducive to remembrance, to affection, to respect, to cohesion, to non-dispute, to concord, to unity. Which ten? Here, monks, a monk is virtuous, he lives restrained by the restraint of the Pātimokkha. Endowed with good conduct and resort, seeing danger in the slightest faults, he undertakes and trains in the training rules. And further, monks, a monk is virtuous, endowed with good conduct and resort, seeing danger in the slightest faults, undertaking and training in the training rules. This too is a Dhamma to be remembered, beloved, respected, conducive to cohesion, non-dispute, unity, and 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, with meaning and with letter, proclaiming the entirely complete and purified holy life— such teachings are much heard by him, held, recited by word, investigated by mind, and well-penetrated by view. And further, 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, with meaning and with letter, proclaiming the entirely complete and purified holy life— such teachings are much heard by him, held, recited by word, investigated by mind, and well-penetrated by view. This too is a Dhamma to be remembered, beloved, respected, conducive to cohesion, non-dispute, unity, and 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 too is a Dhamma to be remembered, beloved, respected, conducive to cohesion, non-dispute, unity, and oneness. Furthermore, monks, a monk is easy to admonish, endowed with qualities that make him easy to admonish, patient, readily accepting instruction. And further, monks, a monk is easy to admonish, endowed with qualities that make him easy to admonish, patient, readily accepting instruction. This too is a Dhamma to be remembered, beloved, respected, conducive to cohesion, non-dispute, unity, and oneness. Furthermore, monks, whatever duties, high or low, there are for his fellow practitioners – he is skillful and not lazy concerning them, endowed with an appropriate discernment, capable of doing, capable of arranging. And further, monks, whatever duties, high or low, there are for his fellow practitioners – he is skillful. He is not lazy, endowed with 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, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu is fond of the Dhamma, speaks pleasingly, has great joy in the higher Dhamma and higher Vinaya. That a bhikkhu is fond of the Dhamma, speaks pleasingly, has great joy in the higher Dhamma and higher Vinaya, this too is a memorable teaching, dear-making, respected-making, conducive to cohesion, to non-dispute, to harmony, to unity. Furthermore, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu dwells with aroused energy for the abandoning of unwholesome states, for the acquiring of wholesome states, strong, firm in exertion, not laying down the burden in wholesome states. That a bhikkhu dwells with aroused energy for the abandoning of unwholesome states, for the acquiring of wholesome states, strong, firm in exertion, not laying down the burden in wholesome states, this too is a memorable teaching, dear-making, respected-making, conducive to cohesion, to non-dispute, to harmony, to unity. Furthermore, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu is content with any kind of robes, almsfood, lodging, and requisites for the sick, including medicine. That a bhikkhu is content with any kind of robes, almsfood, lodging, and requisites for the sick, including medicine, this too is a memorable teaching, dear-making, respected-making, conducive to cohesion, to non-dispute, to harmony, to unity. Furthermore, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu is mindful, endowed with supreme mindfulness and discretion, remembering and recalling what was done and said long ago. That a bhikkhu is mindful, endowed with supreme mindfulness and discretion, remembering and recalling what was done and said long ago, this too is a memorable teaching, dear-making, respected-making, conducive to cohesion, to non-dispute, to harmony, to unity. Furthermore, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu is wise, endowed with wisdom that sees rise and fall, noble and penetrative, leading to the right destruction of suffering. And further, monks, a monk is wise, endowed with wisdom that sees rise and fall, noble, penetrating, leading to the complete destruction of suffering. This too is a principle of remembrance, conducive to affection, to respect, to unity, to non-dispute, to harmony, to oneness. These, monks, are the ten principles of remembrance, conducive to affection, to respect, to unity, to non-dispute, to harmony, to oneness. The Tenth. The Chapter on Abuse, the Fifth. Its summary – Two disputes and roots, entering Kusinārā; Sakka, Mahāli, constantly, and about the relics, and quarrels. The First Fifties completed. 2. The Second Fifties