[288] *Here, Nanda, the skilled speak of a sage (munīdha nanda kusalā vadanti):* "The skilled" (kusalā) means: those who are skilled in the aggregates (khandha), skilled in the elements (dhātu), skilled in the sense bases (āyatana), skilled in dependent origination (paṭiccasamuppāda), skilled in the establishments of mindfulness (satipaṭṭhāna), skilled in the right exertions (sammappadhāna), skilled in the bases for success (iddhipāda), skilled in the faculties (indriya), skilled in the powers (bala), skilled in the factors of awakening (bojjhaṅga), skilled in the path (magga), skilled in fruition (phala), skilled in Nibbāna. Those skilled ones do not say, do not declare, do not speak, do not point out, do not express that one who is endowed, fully endowed, possessed, fully possessed, furnished, fully furnished, provided with purity (suddhi) of what is seen, or purity of what is heard, or the knowledge (ñāṇa) of the eight attainments, or wrong knowledge, is a sage (muni). Hence: "Here, Nanda, the skilled speak of a sage."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.