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The second on attending on the sick

Gilān­ūpaṭṭhāka [Upaṭṭhāka 2] (AN 5.124)

Bhikkhus, one endowed with five things is not suitable to attend on the sick. What five?

He has no powers to administer the medicine. Does not know the suitable and the unsuitable. He does the unsuitable and does not do the suitable. Attends on the sick for material gains not out of compassion. Loathes to clean up urine, excreta, vomit or spit. He finds it difficult to advise, incite and lighten the heart of the sick from time to time with a righteous talk. Bhikkhus, one endowed with these five things is not suitable to attend on the sick.

Bhikkhus, one endowed with five things is suitable to attend on the sick. What five?

He powerfully administers the medicine. Knows the suitable and the unsuitable. He does the suitable and does not do the unsuitable. Attends on the sick out of compassion not for material gains. Does not loathe to clean up urine, excreta, vomit or spit. He advises, incites and lightens the heart of the sick from time to time with a righteous talk. Bhikkhus, one endowed with these five things is suitable to attend on the sick.

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