an.5.253 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)

Who Should Have a Novice as Attendant

“Mendicants, a novice should attend on a mendicant with five qualities.
What five?
It’s a mendicant who has the entire spectrum of an adept’s ethics, immersion, wisdom, freedom, and the knowledge and vision of freedom.
A novice should attend on a mendicant with these five qualities.”