Numbered Discourses 4
26. Insight
262. Wilderness
“Mendicants, when a mendicant has four qualities they’re not ready to frequent remote wilderness and jungle lodgings. What four? They have sensual, malicious, and cruel thoughts; or they’re witless, dull, and stupid. When a mendicant has these four qualities they’re not ready to frequent remote wilderness and jungle lodgings.
When a mendicant has four qualities they’re ready to frequent remote wilderness and jungle lodgings. What four? They have thoughts of renunciation, love, and kindness; and they’re wise, bright, and intelligent. When a mendicant has these four qualities they’re ready to frequent remote wilderness and jungle lodgings.”