Numbered Discourses 5.164

17. Resentment

Sharing a Way of Life

There Venerable Sāriputta addressed the mendicants:
 “A mendicant with five qualities is fit to share their life with their spiritual companions.
 What five?
 A mendicant is personally accomplished in ethics, and answers questions that come up when discussing accomplishment in ethics.
 They’re personally accomplished in immersion, …
 They’re personally accomplished in wisdom, …
 They’re personally accomplished in freedom, …
 They’re personally accomplished in the knowledge and vision of freedom, and they answer questions that come up when discussing accomplishment in the knowledge and vision of freedom.
 A mendicant with these five qualities is fit to share their life with their spiritual companions.”