keeps his persistence aroused for abandoning unskillful qualities and for taking on skillful qualities. He is steadfast, solid in his effort, not shirking his duties with regard to skillful qualities. "He attains—whenever he wants, without strain, without difficulty—the four jhṅnas that are heightened mental states, pleasant abidings in the here & now. "He—with the ending of effluents—remains in the effluent-free awareness-release & discernment-release, having directly known & realized them for himself right in the here & now. "Endowed with these five qualities, monks, a monk is fit to resort to isolated dwellings in the wilderness & in forest groves." See also: MN 4; AN 10:99 - --> - - - -