eless life, should talk on such a topic. When you have gathered you have two duties: either Dhamma-talk or noble silence." Then, on realizing the significance of that, the Blessed One on that occasion exclaimed: Supporting himself without a craft– light, desiring the goal– his faculties controlled, released                  everywhere; living in no home, unpossessive, free from longing, having slain Mṅra, going alone : a monk. Note 1. Reading mudda-sippam with the Commentary. The Thai edition has muddha-sippam, which could mean phrenology, but that doesnât fit in with the previous members of the list, all of which deal with military skills. See also: SN 46:45 - --> - - - -