57(7)Worthy of Offerings(1)
"Bhikkhus,possessing eight qualities,a bhikkhu is worthy of
gifts,worthy of hospitality,worthy of offerings,worthy of reverential salutation,an unsurpassed field of meritfor the world.
What eight?
(1)"Here,a bhikkhu is virtuous....Having undertaken the
training rules,he trains in them.
(2)"He has learned much...and penetrated well by view.
(3)"He has good friends,good companions,good
comrades.
(4)"He is one of right view,[291] possessing a right
perspective.
(5)"He gains at will,without trouble or difficulty,the four
jhānas that constitute the higher mind and are dwellings in
happiness in this very life.
(6)"He recollects his manifold past abodes,that is,one birth,
two births...[as in 8:11]..thus he recollects his manifold past
abodes with their aspects and details.
(7)"With the divine eye,which is purified and surpassesthe human...[as in 8:11]...he understands how beings fare in accordance with their kamma.
(8)"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 eight 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."