Shines as an Expert in the Monastic Law (1st)Paṭhamavinayadharasobhanasutta

“Mendicants, a mendicant with seven qualities shines as an expert in the monastic law.“Sattahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato vinayadharo sobhati. What seven?Katamehi sattahi? They know what is an offense.Āpattiṁ jānāti, They know what is not an offense.anāpattiṁ jānāti, They know what is a light offense.lahukaṁ āpattiṁ jānāti, They know what is a serious offense.garukaṁ āpattiṁ jānāti, 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.sīlavā hoti …pe… samādāya sikkhati sikkhāpadesu, They get the four absorptions—blissful meditations in the present life that belong to the higher mind—when they want, without trouble or difficulty.catunnaṁ jhānānaṁ ābhicetasikānaṁ nikāmalābhī hoti akicchalābhī akasiralābhī, 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.āsavānaṁ khayā …pe… sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati. A mendicant with these seven qualities shines as an expert in the monastic law.”Imehi kho, bhikkhave, sattahi dhammehi samannāgato vinayadharo sobhatī”ti.