mn3:6.1 “Reverends, how do the disciples of a Teacher who lives in seclusion not train in seclusion?
mn3:6.2 The disciples of a Teacher who lives in seclusion do not train in seclusion.
mn3:6.3 They don’t give up what the Teacher tells them to give up.
mn3:6.4 They’re indulgent and slack, leaders in backsliding, neglecting seclusion.
mn3:6.5 In this case, the senior mendicants should be criticized on three grounds.
mn3:6.6 ‘The disciples of a Teacher who lives in seclusion do not train in seclusion.’
mn3:6.7 This is the first ground.
mn3:6.8 ‘They don’t give up what the Teacher tells them to give up.’
mn3:6.9 This is the second ground.
mn3:6.10 ‘They’re indulgent and slack, leaders in backsliding, neglecting seclusion.’
mn3:6.11 This is the third ground.
mn3:6.12 The senior mendicants should be criticized on these three grounds.
mn3:6.13 In this case, the middle mendicants
mn3:6.14 and the junior mendicants should be criticized on the same three grounds.
mn3:6.22 This is how the disciples of a Teacher who lives in seclusion do not train in seclusion.