Numbered Discourses 10
9. Senior Mendicants
82. With Ānanda
Then Venerable Ānanda went up to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to him:
“Ānanda, it’s not possible for a faithless mendicant to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training.
It’s not possible for a mendicant who is unethical …
of wrong view to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training.
It’s not possible for a mendicant with these ten qualities to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training.
It is possible for a faithful mendicant to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training.
It is possible for a mendicant who is unethical …
of right view to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training.
It is possible for a mendicant with these ten qualities to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training.”