[919] **Of a resolute bhikkhu (pahitattassa bhikkhuno)**: "Resolute (pahitatta)" means one with energy (vīriya) aroused, possessed of strength, of firm exertion, who has not cast off desire and has not cast off the burden with regard to wholesome dhammas. Or alternatively, it means "one whose self is sent forth (pesitatta)": one whose self has been sent forth toward one's own goal, toward the right method (ñāya), toward the characteristic, toward the cause, and toward the possible and the impossible (ṭhānāṭhāna). His self is sent forth thus: "All conditioned things (saṅkhārā) are impermanent." His self is sent forth thus: "All conditioned things are suffering (dukkha)." His self is sent forth thus: "All dhammas are not-self." His self is sent forth thus: "With ignorance (avijjā) as condition, volitional formations come to be" … His self is sent forth thus: "With birth as condition, aging and death come to be." His self is sent forth thus: "With the cessation of ignorance comes the cessation of volitional formations" … His self is sent forth thus: "With the cessation of birth comes the cessation of aging and death." His self is sent forth thus: "This is suffering" … His self is sent forth thus: "This is the way of practice leading to the cessation of suffering." His self is sent forth thus: "These are the taints (āsava)" … His self is sent forth thus: "This is the way of practice leading to the cessation of the taints." His self is sent forth thus: "These dhammas are to be directly known" … His self is sent forth thus: "These dhammas are to be realized." His self is sent forth toward the origin and the passing away, the gratification, the danger, and the escape in regard to the six bases of contact. His self is sent forth toward the origin and the passing away, the gratification, the danger, and the escape in regard to the five aggregates subject to clinging and the four great elements (mahābhūta). His self is sent forth thus: "Whatever is subject to origination, all that is subject to cessation."
**Of a bhikkhu**: of a bhikkhu who is a good worldling (kalyāṇaputhujjana), or of a bhikkhu who is a trainee (sekha) — thus, "of a resolute bhikkhu." Therefore the Elder Sāriputta said:
What should be his ways of speech? What should be his resorts (gocara) here?
What should be the virtues and vows (sīlabbata) of a resolute bhikkhu?
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.