(Mv.I.36.2) [98] “Endowed with five qualities, a monk should not give Acceptance, should not give dependence, and a novice should not be made to attend to him.

“He is not endowed with the aggregate of virtue of one beyond training.

“He is not endowed with the aggregate of concentration of one beyond training.

“He is not endowed with the aggregate of discernment of one beyond training.

“He is not endowed with the aggregate of release of one beyond training.

“He is not endowed with the aggregate of knowledge and vision of release of one beyond training.

“Endowed with these five qualities, a monk should not give Acceptance, should not give dependence, and a novice should not be made to attend to him.

(Mv.I.36.3) “Endowed with five qualities, a monk may give Acceptance, may give dependence, and a novice may be made to attend to him.

“He is endowed with the aggregate of virtue of one beyond training.

“He is endowed with the aggregate of concentration of one beyond training.

“He is endowed with the aggregate of discernment of one beyond training.

“He is endowed with the aggregate of release of one beyond training.

“He is endowed with the aggregate of knowledge and vision of release of one beyond training.

“Endowed with these five qualities, a monk may give Acceptance, may give dependence, and a novice may be made to attend to him.

(Mv.I.36.4) “Endowed with five further qualities, a monk should not give Acceptance, should not give dependence, and a novice should not be made to attend to him.

“He himself is not endowed with the aggregate of virtue of one beyond training, nor does he get others to undertake the aggregate of virtue of one beyond training.

“He himself is not endowed with the aggregate of concentration of one beyond training, nor does he get others to undertake the aggregate of virtue of one beyond training.

“He himself is not endowed with the aggregate of discernment of one beyond training, nor does he get others to undertake the aggregate of virtue of one beyond training.

“He himself is not endowed with the aggregate of release of one beyond training, nor does he get others to undertake the aggregate of virtue of one beyond training.

“He himself is not endowed with the aggregate of knowledge and vision of release of one beyond training, nor does he get others to undertake the aggregate of virtue of one beyond training.

“Endowed with these five qualities, a monk should not give Acceptance, should not give dependence, and a novice should not be made to attend to him.

(Mv.I.36.5) “Endowed with five qualities, a monk may give Acceptance, may give dependence, and a novice may be made to attend to him.

“He himself is endowed with the aggregate of virtue of one beyond training and he gets others to undertake the aggregate of virtue of one beyond training.

“He himself is endowed with the aggregate of concentration of one beyond training and he gets others to undertake the aggregate of virtue of one beyond training.

“He himself is endowed with the aggregate of discernment of one beyond training and he gets others to undertake the aggregate of virtue of one beyond training.

“He himself is endowed with the aggregate of release of one beyond training and he gets others to undertake the aggregate of virtue of one beyond training.

“He himself is endowed with the aggregate of knowledge and vision of release of one beyond training and he gets others to undertake the aggregate of virtue of one beyond training.

“Endowed with these five qualities, a monk may give Acceptance, may give dependence, and a novice may be made to attend to him.

(Mv.I.36.6) “Endowed with five further qualities, a monk should not give Acceptance, should not give dependence, and a novice should not be made to attend to him.

“He is without conviction,

“without a sense of shame,

“without compunction[2],

“lazy,

“and of muddled mindfulness.

“Endowed with these five qualities, a monk should not give Acceptance, should not give dependence, and a novice should not be made to attend to him.

(Mv.I.36.7) “Endowed with five qualities, a monk may give Acceptance, may give dependence, and a novice may be made to attend to him. He has conviction, a sense of shame, compunction, his persistence is aroused, and his mindfulness established. Endowed with these five qualities, a monk may give Acceptance, may give dependence, and a novice may be made to attend to him.

(Mv.I.36.8) “Endowed with five further qualities, a monk should not give Acceptance, should not give dependence, and a novice should not be made to attend to him.

“He is one who, in terms of heightened virtue, is defective in his virtue.

“He is one who, in terms of heightened conduct, is defective in his conduct.

“He is one who, in terms of higher views, is defective in his views.

“He is not learned.

“He is undiscerning.

“Endowed with these five qualities, a monk should not give Acceptance, should not give dependence, and a novice should not be made to attend to him.

(Mv.I.36.9) “Endowed with five qualities, a monk may give Acceptance, may give dependence, and a novice may be made to attend to him.

“He is one who, in terms of heightened virtue, is not defective in his virtue. He is one who, in terms of heightened conduct, is not defective in his conduct. He is one who, in terms of higher views, is not defective in his views. He is learned. He is discerning.

“Endowed with these five qualities, a monk may give Acceptance, may give dependence, and a novice may be made to attend to him.

(Mv.I.36.10) “Endowed with five further qualities, a monk should not give Acceptance, should not give dependence, and a novice should not be made to attend to him.

“He is not competent to tend or to get someone else to tend to a sick student or pupil;

“to allay or to get someone else to allay dissatisfaction (with the celibate life);

“to dispel or to get someone else to dispel, in line with the Dhamma, anxiety that has arisen.

“He does not know what is an offense.

“He does not know the method for removing [lit: getting up out of] an offense.

“Endowed with these five qualities, a monk should not give Acceptance, should not give dependence, and a novice should not be made to attend to him.

(Mv.I.36.11) “Endowed with five qualities, a monk may give Acceptance, may give dependence, and a novice may be made to attend to him. He is competent to tend or to get someone else to tend to a sick student or pupil; to allay or to get someone else to allay dissatisfaction (with the celibate life); to dispel or to get someone else to dispel, in line with the Dhamma, anxiety that has arisen. He knows what is an offense, and he knows the method for removing an offense. Endowed with these five qualities, a monk may give Acceptance, may give dependence, and a novice may be made to attend to him.

(Mv.I.36.12) “Endowed with five further qualities, a monk should not give Acceptance, should not give dependence, and a novice should not be made to attend to him.

“He is not competent to get his pupil or student to train in the training of the (monks’) customs.

“He is not competent to discipline him in the training that is basic to the celibate life;

“to discipline him in the higher Dhamma;

“to discipline him in the higher Vinaya;

“to pry away, in line with the Dhamma, a (wrong) viewpoint that has arisen.[3]

“Endowed with these five qualities, a monk should not give Acceptance, should not give dependence, and a novice should not be made to attend to him.

(Mv.I.36.13) “Endowed with five qualities, a monk may give Acceptance, may give dependence, and a novice may be made to attend to him. He is competent to get his pupil or student to train in the training of the (monks’) customs. He is competent to discipline him in the training that is basic to the celibate life; to discipline him in the higher Dhamma; to discipline him in the higher Vinaya; to pry away, in line with the Dhamma, a (wrong) viewpoint that has arisen. Endowed with these five qualities, a monk may give Acceptance, may give dependence, and a novice may be made to attend to him.[4]

(Mv.I.36.14) “Endowed with five further qualities, a monk should not give Acceptance, should not give dependence, and a novice should not be made to attend to him.

“He does not know what is an offense.

“He does not know what is not an offense.

“He does not know what is a light offense.

“He does not know what is a heavy offense.

“Both Pāṭimokkhas, in detail, have not been properly handed down to him, have not been properly explicated, have not been properly ‘revolved’ (in terms of the ‘wheels’), have not been properly judged, clause by clause, letter by letter.

“Endowed with these five qualities, a monk should not give Acceptance, should not give dependence, and a novice should not be made to attend to him.

(Mv.I.36.15) “Endowed with five qualities, a monk may give Acceptance, may give dependence, and a novice may be made to attend to him. He knows what is an offense, what is not an offense, what is a light offense, what is a heavy offense. Both Pāṭimokkhas, in detail, have been properly handed down to him, properly explicated, properly ‘revolved,’ properly judged, clause by clause, letter by letter. Endowed with these five qualities, a monk may give Acceptance, may give dependence, and a novice may be made to attend to him.

(Mv.I.36.16) “Endowed with five further qualities, a monk should not give Acceptance, should not give dependence, and a novice should not be made to attend to him.

“He does not know what is an offense.

“He does not know what is not an offense.

“He does not know what is a light offense.

“He does not know what is a heavy offense.

“He has fewer than ten rains.”

“Endowed with these five qualities, a monk should not give Acceptance, should not give dependence, and a novice should not be made to attend to him.

(Mv.I.36.17) “Endowed with five qualities, a monk may give Acceptance, may give dependence, and a novice may be made to attend to him. He knows what is an offense, what is not an offense, what is a light offense, what is a heavy offense. He has ten rains or more. Endowed with these five qualities, a monk may give Acceptance, may give dependence, and a novice may be made to attend to him.”

The Sixteen Sets of Five on Who Should Give Acceptance is finished.