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  • A discourse taught by Ānanda at Kapilavatthu at the Buddha’s request, detailing how a monk in training can be virtuous, watchful, temperate, vigilant, and able to attain the four absorptions at will.

MN 53
  • A discourse detailing the difference between a learner still in training and one who has completed the training.

SN 48.53
  • A discourse on six things that lead to failure in a monk’s training: delight in worldly activity, in talk, in sleep, in company, want of sense-restraint, and immoderate eating.

AN 6.31
  • A discourse on seven things leading to failure in training, the six named elsewhere plus neglect of the Order’s affairs.

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