“Mendicants, when a mendicant has five qualities they’re ready to frequent remote lodgings in the wilderness and the forest. “Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu alaṁ araññavanapatthāni pantāni senāsanāni paṭisevituṁ. What five? Katamehi pañcahi?

It’s when a mendicant is ethical, restrained in the monastic code, conducting themselves well and resorting for alms in suitable places. Seeing danger in the slightest fault, they keep the rules they’ve undertaken. Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sīlavā hoti …pe… samādāya sikkhati sikkhāpadesu;

They’re very learned, remembering and keeping what they’ve learned. These teachings are good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, meaningful and well-phrased, describing a spiritual practice that’s totally full and pure. They are very learned in such teachings, remembering them, reciting them, mentally scrutinizing them, and penetrating them theoretically. bahussuto hoti …pe… diṭṭhiyā suppaṭividdhā;

They live with energy roused up. They’re strong, staunchly vigorous, not slacking off when it comes to developing skillful qualities. āraddhavīriyo viharati thāmavā daḷhaparakkamo anikkhittadhuro kusalesu dhammesu;

They get the four absorptions—blissful meditations in this life that belong to the higher mind—when they want, without trouble or difficulty. catunnaṁ jhānānaṁ ābhicetasikānaṁ diṭṭhadhammasukhavihārānaṁ nikāmalābhī hoti akicchalābhī akasiralābhī;

They realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom in this very life. And they live having realized it with their own insight due to the ending of defilements. āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati.

When a mendicant possesses these five qualities they’re ready to frequent remote lodgings in the wilderness and the forest.” Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu alaṁ araññavanapatthāni pantāni senāsanāni paṭisevitun”ti.

Dasamaṁ.

Phāsuvihāravaggo paṭhamo.

Tassuddānaṁ

Sārajjaṁ saṅkito coro, Sukhumālaṁ phāsu pañcamaṁ; Ānanda sīlāsekhā ca, Cātuddiso araññena cāti.