“Mendicants, you should not frequent a person who has ten qualities. …
you should frequent …
you should not pay homage …
you should pay homage …
you should not venerate …
you should venerate …
you should not praise …
you should praise …
you should not respect …
you should respect …
you should not revere …
you should revere …
is not a success …
is a success …
is not pure …
is pure …
does not win over conceit …
wins over conceit …
does not grow in wisdom …
grows in wisdom …
creates much wickedness …
creates much merit.
What ten?
Right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right immersion, right knowledge, and right freedom.
A person who has these ten qualities creates much merit.”