an.10.82 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)

With Ānanda

lacking contentment …
of bad desires …
of wrong view to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training.
Then Venerable Ānanda went up to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to him:
“Ānanda, it’s not possible for a faithless mendicant to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training.
It’s not possible for a mendicant who is unethical …
unlearned …
hard to admonish …
with bad friends …
lazy …
unmindful …
It’s not possible for a mendicant with these ten qualities to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training.
It is possible for a faithful mendicant to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training.
It is possible for a mendicant who is ethical …
a learned memorizer …
easy to admonish …
with good friends …
energetic …
mindful …
contented …
of few desires …
of right view to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training.
It is possible for a mendicant with these ten qualities to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training.”