They’ve gained the unsurpassed seeing,

the unsurpassed hearing,

and the unsurpassable acquisition.

They enjoy the unsurpassable training

and serve with care.

Then they develop recollection

connected with seclusion,

which is safe, and leads to freedom from death.

They rejoice in diligence,

alert and ethically restrained.

And in time they arrive

at the place where suffering ceases.”

Numbered Discourses 6.31 4. Deities A Trainee

“These six things lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee. What six? They relish work, talk, sleep, and company. They don’t guard the sense doors, and they eat too much. These six things lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee.