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The Book of the Sixes
The Book of the Sixes

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Author: Bhikkhu Bodhi @ IAPT

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"Bhikkhus,possessing six qualities,a bhikkhu is worthy of gifts,worthy of hospitality,worthy of offerings,worthy of reverential salutation,an unsurpassed field of merit for the world.
What six?
The power of faith,the power of energy,the power of mindfulness,the power of concentration,the power of wisdom;and with the destruction of the taints,he has realized for himself with direct knowledge,in this very life,the taintless liberation of mind,liberation by wisdom,and having entered upon it,he dwells in it.
Possessing these six qualities,a bhikkhu is worthy of gifts,worthy of hospitality,worthy of offerings,worthy of reverential salutation,an unsurpassed field of merit for the world."