Monks, when a cattle worker possesses eleven factors, he is incapable of keeping and caring for a herd of cattle.

What eleven?

Here a cattle worker has no wisdom of form, he is unskilled in characteristics, he fails to remove flies’ eggs, he fails to dress wounds, he fails to smoke out the sheds, he does not know the watering place, he does not know what it is to have drunk, he does not know the road, he is unskilled in pastures, he milks dry, and he shows no extra veneration to those bulls who are fathers and leaders of the herd.

When a cattle worker possesses these eleven factors, he is incapable of keeping and caring for a herd of cattle.

So too, Monks, when a Monk possesses eleven qualities, he is incapable of growth, increase, and maturity in these Teachings and Discipline.

What eleven?

Here a Monk has no wisdom of form, he is unskilled in characteristics, he fails to remove flies’ eggs, he fails to dress wounds, he fails to smoke out the sheds, he does not know the watering place, he does not know what it is to have drunk, he does not know the road, he is unskilled in pastures, he milks dry, and he shows no extra veneration to those elder Monks of long-standing who have long gone forth, the fathers and leaders of The Community.

How does a Monk fail to remove flies’ eggs?

Here, when a thought of sensual desire has arisen, a Monk tolerates it; he does not abandon it, remove it, do away with it, and obliterate it. When a thought of ill will has arisen…When a thought of harming has arisen…When evil unwholesome states have arisen, a Monk tolerates it; he does not abandon it, remove it, do away with it, and obliterate it.

That is how a Monk fails to remove flies’ eggs.