[98] Bhikkhus, an elder (thera) bhikkhu who possesses ten qualities dwells at ease in whatever direction he dwells. What ten? He is an elder of long standing, long gone forth; he is virtuous, and trains by undertaking the training rules; he is of great learning, one who retains what he has heard and accumulates what he has heard — those teachings that are good in the beginning, good in the middle, good in the end, which with their meaning and phrasing proclaim the holy life (brahmacariya) utterly complete and pure: such teachings he has learned much of, retained, recited verbally, examined with the mind, and well penetrated by view; both Pātimokkhas have been well learned by him in detail, well analyzed, well mastered, well determined in terms of the rule and its details; he is skilled in the settling of disciplinary issues (adhikaraṇa) that have arisen; he is a lover of the Dhamma, endearing in his converse, with lofty gladness in the higher Dhamma and the higher discipline; he is content with whatever robes, almsfood, lodging, and medicinal requisites for the sick he may get; he is inspiring in going forward and returning, and well restrained when sitting even within houses; he is one who gains at will, gains without trouble, gains without difficulty the four jhānas that pertain to the higher mind (citta) and are pleasant dwellings in this very life; and with the destruction of the taints (āsava), he realizes for himself with superknowledge, in this very life, the taintless liberation of mind and liberation by wisdom, and having entered upon it, he dwells therein. Bhikkhus, an elder bhikkhu who possesses these ten qualities dwells at ease in whatever direction he dwells.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.