1Sitting to one side, the Venerable Ānanda said to the Blessed One:

"Venerable sir, the bhikkhu named Asoka has died. What is his destination, what is his future bourn? The bhikkhuni named Asoka has died. What is her destination, what is her future bourn? The male lay follower named Asoka has died. What is his destination, what is his future bourn? The female lay follower named Asoka has died. What is her destination, what is her future bourn?"

2"Ānanda, the bhikkhu Asoka who has died, by the destruction of the taints, in this very life had entered and dwelt in the taintless liberation of mind, liberation by wisdom, realizing it for himself with direct knowledge. … all the rest as in the preceding sutta …

3"This, Ānanda, is that Dhamma exposition, the mirror of the Dhamma, equipped with which a noble disciple, if he wishes, could by himself declare of himself: ‘I am one finished with hell. … I am a stream-enterer, no longer bound to the nether world, fixed in destiny, with enlightenment as my destination.’"

1Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

"asoko nāma, bhante, bhikkhu kālaṅkato; tassa kā gati, ko abhisamparāyo? Asokā nāma, bhante, bhikkhunī kālaṅkatā … pe … asoko nāma, bhante, upāsako kālaṅkato … pe … asokā nāma, bhante, upāsikā kālaṅkatā; tassā kā gati, ko abhisamparāyo"ti?

2"Asoko, ānanda, bhikkhu kālaṅkato āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihāsi … pe … (purimaveyyākaraṇena ekanidānaṁ.)

3Ayaṁ kho so, ānanda, dhammādāso dhammapariyāyo; yena samannāgato ariyasāvako ākaṅkhamāno attanāva attānaṁ byākareyya: ‘khīṇanirayomhi khīṇatiracchānayoni khīṇapettivisayo khīṇāpāyaduggativinipāto, sotāpannohamasmi avinipātadhammo niyato sambodhiparāyaṇo’"ti.

Navamaṁ.