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The Book of the Fives
The Book of the Fives

86(6)Analytical Knowledges

Author: Bhikkhu Bodhi @ IAPT

86(6)Analytical Knowledges

"Bhikkhus,possessing five qualities,an elder bhikkhu is pleasing and agreeable to his fellow monks and is respectedand esteemed by them.
What five?
He has attained the analytical knowledge of meaning,the analytical knowledge of the Dhamma,the analytical knowledge of language,the analytical knowledge of discernment, On the four patisambhidas,see 4:172. and he is skillful and diligent in attending to the diverse chores that are to be done for his fellow monks;he possesses sound judgment about them in order to carry out and arrange them properly.Possessing these fivequalities.:.and esteemed by them."