Numbered Discourses 5.101

1. Living Comfortably

Assurance

“Mendicants, these five qualities make a trainee self-assured.

What five?

It’s when a mendicant is faithful, ethical, learned, energetic, and wise.

A person of faith doesn’t have the insecurities of someone who lacks faith.

So this quality makes a trainee self-assured.

An ethical person doesn’t have the insecurities of someone who is unethical.

So this quality makes a trainee self-assured.

A learned person doesn’t have the insecurities of a person of little learning.

So this quality makes a trainee self-assured.

An energetic person doesn’t have the insecurities of a lazy person.

So this quality makes a trainee self-assured.

A wise person doesn’t have the insecurities of someone who is witless.

So this quality makes a trainee self-assured.

These are the five qualities that make a trainee self-assured.”