17.

The Chapter on Qualities Engendering Confidence

366-381. "This is certain, monks, among material gains, namely being a forest-dweller... etc. being an almsfood eater... being a wearer of rag-robes... being a three-robe wearer... being a speaker of the Teaching... being an expert in monastic discipline... great learning... seniority... accomplishment in deportment... accomplishment in retinue... having a large retinue... being of good family... beauty of complexion... pleasantness of speech... fewness of wishes... freedom from illness."

The sixteen confidence-inspiring factors are concluded.

The Confidence-Inspiring Factors Chapter is the seventeenth.