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1. Virāga (dispassion)

2. Visaṁyoga (detachment)

3. Apacaya (dismantling of defilements)

4. Appicchatā (fewness of desires)
5. Santuṭṭhi (contentment)

6. Paviveka (solitude)

7. Viriyārambha (the arousing of energy or effort)
8. Subharatā (being easy to support)

On the matters, Phra Brahmagunabhorn explained that the study on the

characteristics of Dhamma-Vinaya justification had to meet the mentioned 8

characteristics. Otherwise “it is not the Discipline; it is not the Dispensation of the

Teacher, it is not the Buddha’s Teaching.”
In the same book, on page 4, the seven criteria at the Doctrine and the

Discipline (Dhamma-Vinaya) was described as another set of criteria. They were

explained by the Buddha to the Venerable Upāli, (the senior monk the Buddha
praised as the one being foremost among those in disciplinary matters

(Vinayadhara). The seven criteria are meant for:

1. Ēkantanibbidā (utter disenchantment)

2. Virāga (dispassion)

3. Nirodha (extinction of suffering)
4. Upasama (subsiding)

5. Abhiññā (direct knowledge)

6. Sambodha (enlightenment)
7. Nibbhāna (extinction of defilement)

If it is, it is the Doctrine and the Discipline, the Buddha Teachings. Otherwise,

it is not.