1At Sāvatthī. "Bhikkhus, those ascetics or brahmins who do not understand gain, honour, and praise, its origin, its cessation, and the way leading to its cessation: these I do not consider to be ascetics among ascetics…. [n.331] Spk: Its origin (samudaya): an individual form of existence together with past kamma, status as a son of good family, beauty of complexion, eloquence as a speaker, the display of ascetic virtues, the wearing of the robe, possession of a retinue, etc., are called the origin of gain and honour. They do not understand this by way of the truth of the origin, and so cessation and the path should be understood by way of the truths of cessation and the path.

"But, bhikkhus, those ascetics and brahmins who understand these things: these I consider to be ascetics among ascetics and brahmins among brahmins, and these venerable ones, by realizing it for themselves with direct knowledge, in this very life enter and dwell in the goal of asceticism and the goal of brahminhood."

1Sāvatthiyaṁ vihārati. "Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā lābhasakkārasilokaṁ yathābhūtaṁ nappajānanti, lābhasakkārasilokasamudayaṁ nappajānanti, lābhasakkārasilokanirodhaṁ nappajānanti, lābhasakkārasilokanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadāṁ nappajānanti … pe … pajānanti … pe … sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihārantī"ti.

Sattamaṁ.