![[info icon]](./../../../img/question_16.gif "Summary: Three short suttas that describe five qualities a meditator should develop in order to reach the goal.")
"Endowed with five qualities, a monk pursuing mindfulness of breathing will in no long time penetrate the Unprovoked [release]. Which five?
"He is a person who imposes only a little [on others]: one of few duties & projects, easy to support, easily contented with the requisites of life.
"He is a person who eats only a little food, committed to not indulging his stomach.
"He is a person of only a little sloth, committed to wakefulness.
"He lives in the wilderness, in an isolated dwelling place.
"He reflects on the mind as it is released.
"Endowed with these five qualities, a monk pursuing mindfulness of breathing will in no long time penetrate the Unprovoked."
©2002 Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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Transcribed from a file provided by the translator. Last revised for Access to Insight on 3 July 2010.
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