33(2)Moral Shame
An expanded parallel of 6:33.
"Last night,bhikkhus,when the night had advanced,a certain deity of stunning beauty,illuminating the entire Jeta's Grove,[29]approached me,
paid homage to me,stood to one side,
and said to me:
Bhante,there are these seven qualities thatlead to the non-decline of a bhikkhu.
What seven?
Reverence for the Teacher,reverence for the Dhamma,reverence for the Sangha,reverence for the trairing,reverence for concentration,reverence for a sense of moral shame,and reverence for moral dread.
These seven qualities lead to the non-decline of a bhikkhu.'
This is what that deity said.
Then the deity paid homage to me,circumambulated me keeping the right side toward me,and disappeared right there."
Respectful toward the Teacher,respectful toward the Dhamma,deeply revering the Sangha,
respectful toward concentration,ardent,deeply respectful toward the training;
endowed with moral shame and moral dread,deferential and reverential:
such a one cannot fall away but is close to nibbāna.