A Sympathetic MendicantAnukampasutta

“Mendicants, a resident mendicant with five qualities shows sympathy to the lay people.“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato āvāsiko bhikkhu gihīnaṁ anukampati. What five?Katamehi pañcahi? They encourage them in higher ethics.Adhisīle samādapeti; They equip them to see the truth of the teachings.dhammadassane niveseti; When they are sick, they go to them and prompt their mindfulness, saying:gilānake upasaṅkamitvā satiṁ uppādeti: ‘Establish your mindfulness, good fellows, in what is worthy.’‘arahaggataṁ āyasmanto satiṁ upaṭṭhāpethā’ti; When a large mendicant Saṅgha is arriving with mendicants from abroad, they go to the lay people and announce:mahā kho pana bhikkhusaṅgho abhikkanto nānāverajjakā bhikkhū gihīnaṁ upasaṅkamitvā āroceti: ‘A large mendicant Saṅgha is arriving with mendicants from abroad. Make merit! Now is the time to make merit!’‘mahā kho, āvuso, bhikkhusaṅgho abhikkanto nānāverajjakā bhikkhū, karotha puññāni, samayo puññāni kātun’ti; And they eat whatever food they give them, coarse or fine, not wasting a gift given in faith.yaṁ kho panassa bhojanaṁ denti lūkhaṁ vā paṇītaṁ vā taṁ attanā paribhuñjati, saddhādeyyaṁ na vinipāteti. A resident mendicant with these five qualities shows sympathy to the lay people.”Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato āvāsiko bhikkhu gihīnaṁ anukampatī”ti.