mn90:11.1 “Sir, there are these four classes:
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mn90:11.2 aristocrats, brahmins, peasants, and menials.
mn90:11.3 If they had these five factors that support meditation,
mn90:11.4 would there be any difference between them?”
mn90:11.5 “In that case, I say it is the disparity of their efforts in meditation.
mn90:11.6 Suppose there was a pair of elephants or horses or oxen in training who were well tamed and well trained. And there was a pair who were not tamed or trained.
mn90:11.7 What do you think, Great King?
mn90:11.8 Wouldn’t the pair that was well tamed and well trained perform the tasks of the tamed, and reach the level of the tamed?”
mn90:11.9 “Yes, sir.”
mn90:11.10 “But would the pair that was not tamed and trained perform the tasks of the tamed and reach the level of the tamed, just like the tamed pair?”
mn90:11.11 “No, sir.”
mn90:11.12 “In the same way, there are things that must be attained by someone with faith, health, integrity, energy, and wisdom. It’s not possible for a faithless, unhealthy, deceitful, lazy, witless person to attain them.”