A Trainee (1st)

“These five things lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee.

What five?

They relish work, talk, sleep, and company. And they don’t review the extent of their mind’s freedom.

These five things lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee.

These five things don’t lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee.

What five?

They don’t relish work, talk, sleep, and company. And they review the extent of their mind’s freedom.

These five things don’t lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee.”