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This was said by the Blessed One,
said by the Arahant, so I have heard: "Those monks who are consummate in
virtue, consummate in concentration, consummate in discernment, consummate in
release, consummate in the knowledge & vision of release; who exhort,
demonstrate, instruct, urge, rouse & encourage; who are competent rightly
to point out the true Dhamma: seeing them, I tell you, accomplishes a great
deal; listening to them, approaching them, attending to them, recollecting them,
following them in going forth accomplishes a great deal. Why is that?
"By associating with monks of
this sort, sharing with them, attending on them, the as-yet-unculminated
aggregate of virtue goes to the culmination of its development, the as-yet-unculminated
aggregate of concentration goes to the culmination of its development, the
as-yet-unculminated aggregate of discernment goes to the culmination of its
development, the as-yet-unculminated aggregate of release goes to the
culmination of its development, the as-yet-unculminated aggregate of knowledge
& vision of release goes to the culmination of its development. Monks of
this sort are said to be teachers, leaders, abandoners of harm, dispellers of
darkness, makers of light, makers of radiance, makers of brightness, makers of
brilliance, bringers of illumination, noble ones, endowed with eyes that
see."
This is a condition
creating joy
for those who know:
living the Dhamma
of the noble ones,
composed,
who brighten the true Dhamma,
illumine it, shining brilliantly,
who are makers of light,
enlightened,
abandoners of harm,
who have eyes
that see.
Having heard their message
with right gnosis, the wise
directly knowing
the ending of birth,
come to no further becoming.
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