"Endowed with five qualities, a monk pursuing mindfulness of
breathing will in no long time penetrate the Unprovoked [release].
Which five?
"He is a person who imposes only a little [on others]: one of
few duties & projects, easy to support, easily contented with
the requisites of life.
"He is a person who eats only a little food, committed to not
indulging his stomach.
"He is a person of only a little sloth, committed to
wakefulness.
"He is a person of much learning, who has retained what he
heard, has stored what he has heard. Whatever teachings are
admirable in the beginning, admirable in the middle, admirable in
the end, that — in their meaning & expression — proclaim the
holy life that is entirely complete & pure: those he has
listened to often, retained, discussed, accumulated, examined with
his mind, and well-penetrated in terms of his views.
"He reflects on the mind as it is released.[1]
"Endowed with these five qualities, a monk pursuing mindfulness
of breathing will in no long time penetrate the Unprovoked."
