user-1: I am curious about vinaya regulations & accounts otherwise relevant to a householder's attending to the bhikkhusangha.
Of interest are lay attendants in particular, how far one can go in being useful, what makes a good lay-attendant as to ideal & minimal qualification.
Not particularly interested in the circumstance of an anagarika or a novice's circumstance, although i would appreciate a delineation of differences very much.
References & general thoughts on the matter are welcome.

user21528: Go on as a formal assistant to monks, even better as novice or monk, good householder, as it is good if you have ways to associate with the Venerables. The rest is all a matter of individual deeds (kamma). Do not waste one moment when kusala citta arises, as defilements are quick to return.
As for formal assistants: Community Officials:

All Community officials must be free of four types of bias: bias based on desire, bias based on aversion, bias based on delusion, and bias based on fear.


-1: <p>I am curious about vinaya regulations &amp; accounts otherwise relevant to a householder's attending to the bhikkhusangha.</p>
<p>Of interest are lay attendants in particular, how far one can go in being useful, what makes a good lay-attendant as to ideal &amp; minimal qualification.</p>
<p>Not particularly interested in the circumstance of an anagarika or a novice's circumstance, although i would appreciate a delineation of differences very much.</p>
<p>References &amp; general thoughts on the matter are welcome.</p>
 21528: <p>Go on as a formal assistant to monks, even better as novice or monk, good householder, as it is good if you have ways to associate with the Venerables. The rest is all a matter of individual deeds (kamma). Do not waste one moment when kusala citta arises, as defilements are quick to return.</p>
<p>As for formal assistants: <a href="https://zugangzureinsicht.org/html/lib/authors/thanissaro/bmc2/bmc2.ch18_en.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Community Officials</a>:</p>
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<p>All Community officials must be free of four types of bias: bias based on desire, bias based on aversion, bias based on delusion, and bias based on fear.</p>
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