Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

10: The Book of the Tens

64. Unwavering

1"Bhikkhus, all those who have unwavering confidence in me are stream-enterers. [n.2087] Here the text uses the word sotāpanna in a loose sense. Mp says it means those who have entered the "stream" of the noble path (ariyamaggasotaṁ āpannā). The word thus applies to disciples at all four stages of awakening. Of those stream-enterers, five gain the goal here in this world; five gain the goal having left this world.

"Who are the five that gain the goal here in this world? The seven-times-at-most attainer, the family-to-family attainer, the one-seed attainer, the once-returner, and one who, in this very life, is an arahant. These five gain the goal here in this world.

"Who are the five that gain the goal having left this world? The attainer of nibbāna in the interval, the attainer of nibbāna upon landing, the attainer of nibbāna without exertion, the attainer of nibbāna through exertion, and one bound upstream, heading toward the Akaniṭṭha realm. These five gain the goal having left this world.

"All those, bhikkhus, who have unwavering confidence in me are stream-enterers. Of those stream-enterers, the former five gain the goal here in this world; the latter five gain the goal having left this world."

1"Ye keci, bhikkhave, mayi aveccappasannā, sabbe te sotāpannā. Tesaṁ sotāpannānaṁ pañcannaṁ idha niṭṭhā, pañcannaṁ idha vihāya niṭṭhā.

Katamesaṁ pañcannaṁ idha niṭṭhā? Sattakkhattuparamassa, kolaṅkolassa, ekabījissa, sakadāgāmissa, yo ca diṭṭheva dhamme arahā – imesaṁ pañcannaṁ idha niṭṭhā.

Katamesaṁ pañcannaṁ idha vihāya niṭṭhā? Antarāparinibbāyissa, upahaccaparinibbāyissa, asaṅkhāraparinibbāyissa, sasaṅkhāraparinibbāyissa, uddhaṁsotassa akaniṭṭhagāmino – imesaṁ pañcannaṁ idha vihāya niṭṭhā.

Ye keci, bhikkhave, mayi aveccappasannā sabbe te sotāpannā. Tesaṁ sotāpannānaṁ imesaṁ pañcannaṁ idha niṭṭhā, imesaṁ pañcannaṁ idha vihāya niṭṭhā"ti.


Catutthaṁ.

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