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"the maha mangala sutta says: 'bhikkhus, there are certain qualities which are called the higher characteristics of the noble ones. these qualities are: goodness, morality, loving kindness, sympathy, gentleness, patience, self-control, zeal, diligence, continence, modesty, wisdom, enlightenment, generosity and renunciation. [17] they are called the higher characteristics of the noble ones, because they are the characteristics that come from their noble being and lead them to the state called noble. even if a man practises these qualities, he will be an arahant; he will be one of the disciples of the noble ones."the maha mangala sutta says: 'bhikkhus, these are the mangalas of the higher characteristics, but there is an even more excellent mangala called the mangala of the noble ones; thus one becomes an arahant by practising that mangala.'the maha mangala sutta expounds the connection between the higher characteristics of human beings and what they should practise. the first part (siila), expounds the higher characteristics of a human being in terms of his duties to himself, his parents, his wife and children, his friends and his preceptors.the venerable mahaa kassapa, the one who had taken part in the last council, now took charge of the first council of the theravada's version of the sutta pitaka. he sat by the buddha's side and brought the collected suttas to the king. the king was pleased with the speeches made by the venerable mahaa kassapa and the venerable upaali. but he was not satisfied with the suttas as a whole. he told the venerable upaali to go away and to instruct the venerable mahaa kassapa to recheck the suttas and to eliminate the superfluous parts and the unacceptable ones. that is why he gave the instruction, the original text of which runs thus, 'upaali, instruct the mahaa kassapa to check whether the suttas as a whole are acceptable to the king. if the king is not pleased with the suttas then let the mahaa kassapa, while rechecking, eliminate what is unacceptable.'
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