“Mendicants, a fine royal thoroughbred with eight factors is worthy of a king, fit to serve a king, and reckoned a factor of kingship. What eight? It’s when a fine royal thoroughbred is well born on both the mother’s and the father’s sides.
He’s disgusted by sitting or lying down in excrement or urine. He’s gentle and pleasant to live with, and he doesn’t upset the other horses. He openly shows his tricks, bluffs, ruses, and feints to his trainer, so the trainer can try to subdue them.
He carries his load, determining: ‘Whether or not the other horses carry their loads, I’ll carry mine.’ He always walks in a straight path. He’s strong, and stays strong even until death.
A fine royal thoroughbred with these eight factors is worthy of a king. … In the same way, a mendicant with eight qualities is worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods, worthy of hospitality, worthy of a religious donation, worthy of greeting with cupped palms, and is the supreme field of merit for the world. What eight? It’s when a mendicant is ethical, restrained in the monastic code, conducting themselves well and resorting for alms in suitable places. Seeing danger in the slightest fault, they keep the rules they’ve undertaken.
and by attainment of the many kinds of unskillful things. They’re gentle and pleasant to live with, and they don’t upset the other mendicants. They openly show their tricks, bluffs, ruses, and feints to their sensible spiritual companions, so they can try to subdue them.
They do their training, determining: ‘Whether or not the other mendicants do their training, I’ll do mine.’ They always walk in a straight path. And here the straight path is
right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion. They’re energetic: ‘Gladly, let my skin, sinews, and bones remain! Let the blood and flesh waste away in my body! I will not stop trying until I have achieved what is possible by human strength, energy, and vigor.’ A mendicant with these eight qualities is worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods, worthy of hospitality, worthy of a religious donation, worthy of veneration with cupped palms, and is the supreme field of merit for the world.”
“Mendicants, a fine royal thoroughbred with eight factors is worthy of a king, fit to serve a king, and reckoned a factor of kingship. What eight? It’s when a fine royal thoroughbred is well born on both the mother’s and the father’s sides.
He’s disgusted by sitting or lying down in excrement or urine. He’s gentle and pleasant to live with, and he doesn’t upset the other horses. He openly shows his tricks, bluffs, ruses, and feints to his trainer, so the trainer can try to subdue them.
He carries his load, determining: ‘Whether or not the other horses carry their loads, I’ll carry mine.’ He always walks in a straight path. He’s strong, and stays strong even until death.
A fine royal thoroughbred with these eight factors is worthy of a king. … In the same way, a mendicant with eight qualities is worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods, worthy of hospitality, worthy of a religious donation, worthy of greeting with cupped palms, and is the supreme field of merit for the world. What eight? It’s when a mendicant is ethical, restrained in the monastic code, conducting themselves well and resorting for alms in suitable places. Seeing danger in the slightest fault, they keep the rules they’ve undertaken.
and by attainment of the many kinds of unskillful things. They’re gentle and pleasant to live with, and they don’t upset the other mendicants. They openly show their tricks, bluffs, ruses, and feints to their sensible spiritual companions, so they can try to subdue them.
They do their training, determining: ‘Whether or not the other mendicants do their training, I’ll do mine.’ They always walk in a straight path. And here the straight path is
right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion. They’re energetic: ‘Gladly, let my skin, sinews, and bones remain! Let the blood and flesh waste away in my body! I will not stop trying until I have achieved what is possible by human strength, energy, and vigor.’ A mendicant with these eight qualities is worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods, worthy of hospitality, worthy of a religious donation, worthy of veneration with cupped palms, and is the supreme field of merit for the world.”
Sutraya