5(5)Thoroughbred(1)
"Bhikkhus,possessing six factors,a king's excellent thorough-bred horse is worthy of a king,an accessory of a king,and reckoned as a factor of kingship.
What six?
Here,a king's excellent thoroughbred horse patiently endures forms,patiently endures sounds,patiently endures odors,patiently endures tastes,patiently endures tactile objects,and it is endowed with beauty.
Possessing these six factors,a king's excellent thoroughbred horse is worthy of a king,an accessory of a king,and reckonedas a factor of kingship.
See 5:139, where the same simile is stated of a king's bull elephant."So too,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?
[283]Here,a bhikkhu patiently endures forms,patiently endures sounds,patiently endures odors,patiently endures tastes,patiently endures tactile objects,and patiently endures mental phenomena.
Possessing these six qualities,a bhikkhu is worthy of gifts,worthy of hospitality,worthy of offerings,worthy of reverential salutation,an unsurpassed field of meritfor the world."