Numbered Discourses 7.77

8. The Monastic Law

An Expert in the Monastic Law (3rd)

“Bhikkhus, a bhikkhu with seven qualities is an expert in the monastic law. What seven? They know what is an offense. They know what is not an offense. They know what is a light offense. They know what is a serious offense. They’re firm and unfaltering in the training. They get the four jhānas—pleasant meditations in the present life that belong to the higher mind—when they want, without trouble or difficulty. They realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom in this very life, and live having realized it with their own insight due to the ending of defilements. A bhikkhu with these seven qualities is an expert in the monastic law.”