Sekkhasutta
A Trainee
Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami …pe… ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha … and asked him,
“‘sekkho, sekkho’ti, bhante, vuccati.
“Sir, they speak of this person called ‘a trainee’.
Kittāvatā nu kho, bhante, sekkho hotī”ti?
How is a trainee defined?”
“Idha, bhikkhu, sekkhāya sammādiṭṭhiyā samannāgato hoti …pe… sekkhena sammāsamādhinā samannāgato hoti.
“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.
Ettāvatā kho, bhikkhu, sekkho hotī”ti.
That’s how a trainee is defined.”
