Dutiyaupaṭṭhākasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Aṅguttaranikāya · Pañcakanipāta · Chakkanipāta · Vol. 22 · Section 124

[124] Bhikkhus, possessing five qualities, an attendant of the sick is not fit to attend a sick person. Which five? He is not capable of preparing medicine; he does not know what is suitable and what is unsuitable — he offers what is unsuitable and withdraws what is suitable; he attends the sick person motivated by material gain (āmisa), not with a mind of loving-kindness; he is squeamish about removing excrement, urine, vomit, or spittle; and he is not capable of instructing, encouraging, inspiring, and gladdening the sick person from time to time with a talk on the Dhamma. Possessing these five qualities, bhikkhus, an attendant of the sick is not fit to attend a sick person. Bhikkhus, possessing five qualities, an attendant of the sick is fit to attend a sick person. Which five? He is capable of preparing medicine; he knows what is suitable and what is unsuitable — he withdraws what is unsuitable and offers what is suitable; he attends the sick person with a mind of loving-kindness, not motivated by material gain; he is not squeamish about removing excrement, urine, vomit, or spittle; and he is capable of instructing, encouraging, inspiring, and gladdening the sick person from time to time with a talk on the Dhamma. Possessing these five qualities, bhikkhus, an attendant of the sick is fit to attend a sick person.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.