[709] **Whatever dhamma he should fully know internally**: he should know whatever quality (guṇa) of his own, whether wholesome dhammas or indeterminate (abyākata) dhammas. What are one's own qualities? He might be one gone forth from a high family, or one gone forth from a great family, or one gone forth from a family of great wealth, or one gone forth from a family of lofty wealth; or he might be known and famous among householders and those gone forth; or he might be a gainer of robes, almsfood, lodging, and medicinal requisites for the sick; or he might be an expert in the Suttantas, or a bearer of the Vinaya, or a speaker on the Dhamma; or he might be a forest-dweller, or an almsfood-eater, or a wearer of rag-robes, or a wearer of the triple robe only, or one who walks for alms without skipping houses, or one who refuses food offered afterwards, or one who keeps the sitter's practice, or one who accepts whatever lodging is allotted; or he might be a gainer of the first jhāna, or a gainer of the second jhāna, or a gainer of the third jhāna, or a gainer of the fourth jhāna, or a gainer of the attainment of the Sphere of Infinity of Space, or of the attainment of the Sphere of Infinity of Consciousness, of the attainment of the Sphere of Nothingness, of the attainment of the Sphere of Neither Perception Nor Non-Perception — these are called one's own qualities. He should know, understand, discern, recognize, and penetrate whatever quality of his own; therefore it is said, "whatever dhamma he should fully know internally."
**Or also externally**: those qualities might belong to his preceptor or to his teacher; therefore it is said, "internally, or also externally."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.