mn95:18.1 Scrutinizing them in this way they see that they are purified of qualities that arouse greed. Next, they scrutinize them for qualities that provoke hate.
mn95:18.2 ‘Does this venerable have any qualities that provoke hate? Such qualities that, were their mind to be overwhelmed by them, they might say
mn95:18.3 that they know, even though they don’t know, or that they see, even though they don’t see;
mn95:18.4 or that they might encourage others to do what is for their lasting harm and suffering?’
mn95:18.5 Scrutinizing them they find:
mn95:18.6 ‘This venerable has no such qualities that provoke hate.
mn95:18.9 Rather, that venerable has bodily and verbal behavior like that of someone without hate.
mn95:18.10 And the principle that they teach is deep, hard to see, hard to understand, peaceful, sublime, beyond the scope of logic, subtle, comprehensible to the astute.
mn95:18.11 It’s not easy for someone with hate to teach this.’