20 qualities of recluseship
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20 qualities of recluseship:
1. The best form of self-restraint
2. The highest kind of self-control
3. Right conduct
4. Calm manners
5. Mastery over deeds and words
6. Subjugation of the senses
7. Patience
8. Docility
9. Fairing in solitude
10. Delight in solitude
11. Meditation in solitude
12. Conscience and shame
13. Energy
14. Diligence
15. Undertaking the training
16. Recitation of the rules
17. Interrogation by a teacher or preceptor
18. Delight in morality
19. Freedom from attachment to worldly things
20. Fulfillment of the rules of training, wearing of the saffron robes and being shaven
References
- The Complete Book of Buddha's Lists -- Explained. David N. Snyder, Ph.D., 2006.
- http://www.thedhamma.com/