[67] **"A muni is not stuck in acquisitions" (pariggahesu muni nopalitto):** Acquisitions — there are two acquisitions: acquisition through craving (taṇhā) and acquisition through view … This is acquisition through craving … This is acquisition through view.
**"Muni":** knowledge (ñāṇa) is called sagacity (mona), that is, the wisdom, the understanding … non-delusion, investigation of dhammas, right view. One possessed of that knowledge is a muni, one who has attained sagacity. There are three kinds of sagacity (moneyya): sagacity of body, sagacity of speech, sagacity of mind.
What is sagacity of body? The abandoning of the three kinds of bodily misconduct is sagacity of body. The threefold good bodily conduct is sagacity of body. Knowledge with the body as its object is sagacity of body. Full understanding (pariññā) of the body is sagacity of body. The path accompanied by full understanding is sagacity of body. The abandoning of desire and lust (chandarāga) for the body is sagacity of body. The cessation of the bodily formation (kāyasaṅkhāra), the attainment of the fourth jhāna, is sagacity of body. This is sagacity of body.
What is sagacity of speech? The abandoning of the four kinds of verbal misconduct is sagacity of speech. The fourfold good verbal conduct is sagacity of speech. Knowledge with speech as its object is sagacity of speech. Full understanding of speech is sagacity of speech. The path accompanied by full understanding is sagacity of speech. The abandoning of desire and lust for speech is sagacity of speech. The cessation of the verbal formation (vacīsaṅkhāra), the attainment of the second jhāna, is sagacity of speech. This is sagacity of speech.
What is sagacity of mind? The abandoning of the three kinds of mental misconduct is sagacity of mind. The threefold good mental conduct is sagacity of mind. Knowledge with the mind (citta) as its object is sagacity of mind. Full understanding of the mind is sagacity of mind. The path accompanied by full understanding is sagacity of mind. The abandoning of desire and lust for the mind is sagacity of mind. The cessation of the mental formation (cittasaṅkhāra), the attainment of the cessation of perception and feeling (saññāvedayitanirodha), is sagacity of mind. This is sagacity of mind.
One who is a sage in body, a sage in speech, a sage in mind, free from taints (āsava) —
that muni, accomplished in sagacity, they call the abandoner of all.
One who is a sage in body, a sage in speech, a sage in mind, free from taints —
that muni, accomplished in sagacity, they call one washed clean of evil.
Possessed of these three qualities of sagacity there are six munis: house-dwelling munis, homeless munis, trainee munis, adept munis, pacceka-munis, and munis among munis. Which are the house-dwelling munis? Those householders who have seen the state and understood the dispensation — these are the house-dwelling munis. Which are the homeless munis? Those gone forth who have seen the state and understood the dispensation — these are the homeless munis. The seven trainees are the trainee munis. Arahants are the adept munis. Paccekabuddhas are the pacceka-munis. Tathāgatas, Arahants, Fully Self-Enlightened Ones are called munis among munis.
Not by silence does one become a muni, if one is confused and unknowing;
but the wise one who, as if holding up a pair of scales, takes what is best
and avoids evils — he is a muni; by that he is a muni.
He who knows both in the world is thereby called a muni.
Having known the dhamma of the bad and of the good,
inwardly and outwardly, in the whole world —
he who is venerated by devas and humans,
he, having passed beyond the net of ties, is a muni.
**"Stuck" (lepa):** there are two kinds of sticking: sticking through craving and sticking through view … This is sticking through craving … This is sticking through view. The muni, having abandoned the sticking of craving and relinquished the sticking of view, does not stick, does not stick fast, is not smeared onto acquisitions; unstuck, not stuck fast, unsmeared, gone forth, released, liberated, detached, he dwells with a mind made free of boundaries. Therefore: "a muni is not stuck in acquisitions."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.