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(4) one will engage in few activities;²⁹⁶ (5) one will venerate the Buddha;²⁹⁷ (6) one’s body will be well and at ease; (7) one will not become lost in the intermediate state between death and rebirth; (8) one will understand in detail the meaning of the Dharma, exactly as one has heard it; (9) one will fully attain the four states of imperturbability; and (10) one will fully attain knowledge.

“One gains ten advantages through begging.²⁹⁸ What are the ten? (1) One will become accustomed to walking; (2) one will be far from leading a sedentary life; (3) one will have abandoned pride;²⁹⁹ (4) one will achieve one’s own benefit,³⁰⁰ and (5) one will have established others in merit;³⁰¹ (6) one will spread the Dharma teachings,³⁰² and (7) thus illuminate those who will be born in the future; (8) one will not transgress the monastic discipline;³⁰³ (9) one’s mind will become clear;³⁰⁴ and (10) because one has entered the practice of begging³⁰⁵ with a mind that is completely occupied by virtuous discipline, there will be no darkness in any direction.³⁰⁶

“One gains ten advantages from being self-controlled and confident. What are the ten? (1) with confidence one enters a city; (2) with confidence one emerges from the city; (3) with confidence one enters a family home; (4) with confidence one explains the Dharma in an assembly;³⁰⁷ (5) with confidence one approaches the saṅgha; (6) with confidence one approaches³⁰⁸ one’s preceptor and one’s instructor; (7) one trains oneself in³⁰⁹ the power of loving-kindness; (8) one faultlessly uses one’s robes, alms food, mat, medicine, and other utensils;³¹⁰ (9) one faultlessly performs one’s daily recitations with a loud voice; and (10) even when one’s time to die has come, one is confident.”

This is what the Bhagavān said. The young brahmin Śuka, son of Taudeya,³¹¹ having arisen from his seat and remaining to one side, knelt on his right knee and faced the Bhagavān, with palms together at his chest, paying homage, and prayed: “Bhagavān, I prostrate myself to the three rare and precious ones and take refuge.³¹² I beg of you—be my virtuous spiritual teacher now and forever!”