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2. Handful of Leaves, Volume Three SN 3:11 Coiled-hair Ascetics | Jaṭila Sutta
    … scents, & creams; handling gold & silver, it’s hard for you to know whether these are arahants or on the path to arahantship. “It’s through living together that a person’s virtue may be known, and then only after a long period, not a short period; by one who is attentive, not by one who is inattentive; by one who is discerning, not by … 
3. Handful of Leaves, Volume Three SN 55:31 Bonanzas (1) | Abhisanda Sutta
    … deserving of gifts, deserving of hospitality, deserving of offerings, deserving of respect, the incomparable field of merit for the world.’ This is the third bonanza of merit, bonanza of skillfulness, nourishment of bliss. “And further, the disciple of the noble ones is endowed with virtues that are appealing to the noble ones: untorn, unbroken, unspotted, unsplattered, liberating, praised by the observant, ungrasped at, leading … 
4. Handful of Leaves, Volume Three SN 35:127 About Bhāradvāja | Bhāradvāja Sutta
    … But for those who are undeveloped in body, undeveloped in virtue, undeveloped in mind, undeveloped in discernment, that is hard to do. Sometimes when one thinks, ‘Let’s regard this as unattractive,’ it actually comes to be attractive. Is there another reason, another cause, why young monks… without having played with sensuality nevertheless follow the lifelong celibate life, perfect & pure, and make it last … 
5. Handful of Leaves, Volume Three SN 7:6 The Tangle | Jaṭā Sutta
    … Who can untangle this tangle?” The Buddha: “A man established in virtue, discerning, developing discernment & mind, a monk ardent, astute: He can untangle this tangle. Those whose passion, aversion, & ignorance have faded away, arahants, their effluents ended: For them the tangle’s untangled. Where name-&-form, along with perception of impingement & form, totally stop without trace: That’s where the tangle is cut.” When … 
6. Handful of Leaves, Volume Three SN 45:56–62 Admirable Friendship | Kalyāṇa-mittatā Sutta
    … In the same way, this is the forerunner, the harbinger of the arising of the noble eightfold path in a monk, i.e., virtue-consummation… desire-consummation… self-consummation [according to the Commentary, this means being consummate in the training of the mind]… view-consummation… heedfulness-consummation… appropriate attention. It can be expected of a monk who has appropriate attention that he will develop … 
7. Handful of Leaves, Volume Three SN 11:22 Ugly | Dubbaṇṇiya Sutta
    … When angry, I don’t speak harshly or insist on my virtues. I keep myself well under control with an eye to my own good.’” Note 1. Repeating one’s name in this fashion was, at that time, considered a sign of respect. See DN 16, note 46. See also: MN 21; SN 1:71; SN 3:23; SN 7:2; AN 3:35 … 
8. Handful of Leaves, Volume Three SN 55:30 To the Licchavi | Licchavi Sutta
    … deserving of gifts, deserving of hospitality, deserving of offerings, deserving of respect, the incomparable field of merit for the world.’ “He/she is endowed with virtues that are appealing to the noble ones: untorn, unbroken, unspotted, unsplattered, liberating, praised by the observant, ungrasped at, leading to concentration. “A disciple of the noble ones endowed with these four qualities is a stream-winner, steadfast, never … 
9. Handful of Leaves, Volume Three SN 55:22 To Mahānāma (2) | Mahānāma Sutta
    … deserving of gifts, deserving of hospitality, deserving of offerings, deserving of respect, the incomparable field of merit for the world.’ “He/she is endowed with virtues that are appealing to the noble ones: untorn, unbroken, unspotted, unsplattered, liberating, praised by the observant, ungrasped at, leading to concentration. “Suppose a tree were leaning toward the east, slanting toward the east, inclining toward the east. When … 
10. Handful of Leaves, Volume Three SN 45:4 The Brahman | Brāhmaṇa Sutta
     … One with the qualities of conviction & discernment always yoked to its shaft, shame its pole, the heart its yoke-tie, mindfulness the protective charioteer, virtue the chariot-accessories, jhāna the axle, persistence the wheels, equanimity the balance of the yoke, hungerless-ness its upholstery, non-ill will, harmlessness, & seclusion its weapons, patience its armor & shield: It rolls to security from bondage. Coming into play … 
11. Handful of Leaves, Volume Three SN 22:76 Arahants | Arahanta Sutta
     … The training in heightened virtue, heightened mind (concentration), and heightened discernment. See AN 3:87–88. 5. The ten-factored path of the arahant. See MN 117. 6. Usually nāga denotes a great serpent or great elephant, but it can also mean a great human being. See AN 6:43. 7. See MN 125. See also: SN 1:25; AN 9:7–8; Iti … 
12. Handful of Leaves, Volume Three SN 55:1 The Emperor | Rāja Sutta
     … deserving of gifts, deserving of hospitality, deserving of offerings, deserving of respect, the incomparable field of merit for the world.’ “He/she is endowed with virtues that are appealing to the noble ones: untorn, unbroken, unspotted, unsplattered, liberating, praised by the observant, ungrasped at, leading to concentration. “He/she is endowed with these four qualities.2 “And between the gaining of the four continents … 
13. Handful of Leaves, Volume Three SN 21:3 The Barrel | Ghaṭa Sutta
     … Any monk who has gone beyond, at best can only equal him in discernment, virtue, & calm.’”3 In this way did each of these two great beings [nāga] approve of what was well-stated and well-expressed by the other. Notes 1. This is what Ven. Mahā Moggallāna said to Ven. Sāriputta when both were still wanderers, and Ven. Sāriputta had just attained the … 
14. Handful of Leaves, Volume Three SN 41:10 Sick (Citta the Householder’s Last Hours) | Gilāna Sutta
     … If he should wish: “In the future, may I become a king, a wheel-turning monarch!”—then, as he is virtuous, this wish of his would succeed because of the purity of his virtue. A righteous one, he will wield righteous power.’1 Seeing this compelling reason, they assembled and said: ‘Make a wish, householder: “In the future, may I become a king, a … 
15. Handful of Leaves, Volume Three SN 3:24 Archery Skills | Issattha Sutta
     … And with which five factors is he endowed? He is endowed with the aggregate of virtue of one beyond training… the aggregate of concentration of one beyond training… the aggregate of discernment of one beyond training… the aggregate of release of one beyond training… the aggregate of knowledge & vision of release of one beyond training. These are the five factors with which he is … 
16. Handful of Leaves, Volume Three SN 35:200 The Log | Dārukkhandha Sutta
     … This is called being snared by human beings. “And what, monks, is being snared by non-human beings? There is the case where a certain monk lives the holy life in hopes of a certain company of devas, (thinking,) ‘By means of this virtue or practice or austerity or holy life I will become one sort of deva or another.’ This is called being … 
17. Handful of Leaves, Volume Three SN 48:8 To Be Seen | Daṭṭhabbaṁ Sutta
     … worthy of gifts, worthy of hospitality, worthy of offerings, worthy of respect, the incomparable field of merit for the world.’ “He is endowed with virtues that are appealing to the noble ones: untorn, unbroken, unspotted, unsplattered, liberating, praised by the observant, ungrasped at, leading to concentration.” 2. “There are these four right exertions. Which four? There is the case where a monk generates desire … 
18. Handful of Leaves, Volume Three SN 55:23 With Godha | Godha Sutta
     … Which four? “There is the case where a disciple of the noble ones is endowed with verified confidence in the Awakened One… verified confidence in the Dhamma… verified confidence in the Saṅgha: ‘The Saṅgha of the Blessed One’s disciples who have practiced well… the incomparable field of merit for the world.’ “He is endowed with virtues that are appealing to the noble ones … 
19. Handful of Leaves, Volume Three SN 55:54 Ill | Gilāna Sutta
     … deserving of gifts, deserving of hospitality, deserving of offerings, deserving of respect, the incomparable field of merit for the world.” “‘Be reassured, friend, that you have virtues that are appealing to the noble ones: untorn, unbroken, unspotted, unsplattered, liberating, praised by the observant, ungrasped at, leading to concentration.’ “Mahānāma, when a discerning lay follower who is diseased, in pain, severely ill has been reassured … 
20. Handful of Leaves, Volume Three SN 55:7 The People of Bamboo Gate | Veḷudvāreyya Sutta
     … worthy of gifts, worthy of hospitality, worthy of offerings, worthy of respect, the incomparable field of merit for the world.’ “He is endowed with virtues that are appealing to the noble ones: untorn, unbroken, unspotted, unsplattered, liberating, praised by the observant, ungrasped at, leading to concentration. “Now, householders, when a disciple of the noble ones is endowed with these seven good qualities and these … 
21. Handful of Leaves, Volume Three SN 46:51 Food (for the Factors for awakening) | Āhāra Sutta
     … Feeding the factors for awakening “Now, what is the food for the arising of unarisen mindfulness as a factor for awakening, or for the growth & increase of mindfulness as a factor for awakening once it has arisen? There are mental qualities that act as a foothold for mindfulness as a factor for awakening [well-purified virtue & views made straight]. To foster appropriate attention to … 
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