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  1. Book search result icon Skill in Questions Chapter 6: Cross-questioning: II
     … A person gone forth should often reflect on this. “‘My life is dependent on others’…. “‘My behavior should be different [from that of householders]’…. “‘Can I fault myself with regard to my virtue?’… “‘Can my knowledgeable fellows in the holy life, on close examination, fault me with regard to my virtue?’… “‘I will grow different, separate from all that is dear & appealing to me … 
  2. Book search result icon Skill in Questions Chapter 4: Analytical Answers
     … He emulates consummate conviction in those who are consummate in conviction, consummate virtue in those who are consummate in virtue, consummate generosity in those who are consummate in generosity, and consummate discernment in those who are consummate in discernment. This is called admirable friendship…. “And what does it mean to be consummate in conviction? There is the case where a disciple of the noble … 
  3. Book search result icon Skill in Questions Chapter 7: Questions Put Aside: I
     … The Buddha then compares these people respectively, with those who, in search of the end of suffering, content themselves with gain, offerings, & fame; with consummation of virtue; with consummation of concentration; with consummation of knowledge & vision; and the person who rests content with none of those, but strives for qualities that are higher & more sublime.] “And which, brahman, are the qualities that are higher … 
  4. Book search result icon Skill in Questions Chapter 5: Cross-questioning: I
     … 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 … 
  5. Book search result icon Skill in Questions Chapter 3: Categorical Answers
     … There is the case where a monk is virtuous, but not fashioned of virtue. He discerns, as it actually is, the release of awareness & release of discernment where his skillful habits cease without trace. And which sort of practice is the practice leading to the cessation of skillful habits? There is the case where a monk generates desire… for the sake of the non … 
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