1.1“Sattahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu vinayadharo hoti.“Mendicants, a mendicant with seven qualities is an expert in the monastic law.1.2Katamehi sattahi?What seven?1.3Āpattiṁ jānāti,They know what is an offense.1.4anāpattiṁ jānāti,They know what is not an offense.1.5lahukaṁ āpattiṁ jānāti,They know what is a light offense.1.6garukaṁ āpattiṁ jānāti,They know what is a serious offense.1.7sīlavā hoti pātimokkhasaṁvarasaṁvuto viharati ācāragocarasampanno aṇumattesu vajjesu bhayadassāvī samādāya sikkhati sikkhāpadesu,They’re 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.1.8catunnaṁ jhānānaṁ ābhicetasikānaṁ diṭṭhadhammasukhavihārānaṁ nikāmalābhī hoti akicchalābhī akasiralābhī,They get the four absorptions—blissful meditations in this life that belong to the higher mind—when they want, without trouble or difficulty.1.9āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati.They realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.1.10Imehi kho, bhikkhave, sattahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu vinayadharo hotī”ti.A mendicant with these seven qualities is an expert in the monastic law.”

1.11Paṭhamaṁ.