sn.45.13 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)

A Trainee

At Savatthī. Then a certain bhikkhu approached the Blessed One…. Sitting to one side, that bhikkhu said to the Blessed One:

“Venerable sir, it is said, ‘a trainee, a trainee.’ In what way is one a trainee?”

“Here, bhikkhu, one possesses a trainee’s right view … a trainee’s right concentration. It is in this way that one is a trainee.”

- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi

- Editor: Blake Walsh

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A Trainee

At Sāvatthī.
Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha … and asked him,
“Sir, they speak of this person called ‘a trainee’.
How is a trainee defined?”
“Mendicant, it’s someone who has a trainee’s right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.
That’s how a trainee is defined.”