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Numbered Discourses · AN 4.131

  • Numbered Discourses 4.131Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.131
  • 14. Individuals14. Puggalavagga

FettersSaṁyojanasutta

“Mendicants, these four individuals are found in the world.“Cattārome, bhikkhave, puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmiṁ. What four?Katame cattāro?

  1. One individual hasn’t given up the lower fetters, the fetters for getting reborn, or the fetters for getting a continued existence.Idha, bhikkhave, ekaccassa puggalassa orambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni appahīnāni honti, upapattipaṭilābhiyāni saṁyojanāni appahīnāni honti, bhavapaṭilābhiyāni saṁyojanāni appahīnāni honti.
  2. One individual has given up the lower fetters, but not the fetters for getting reborn, or the fetters for getting a continued existence.Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekaccassa puggalassa orambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni pahīnāni honti, upapattipaṭilābhiyāni saṁyojanāni appahīnāni honti, bhavapaṭilābhiyāni saṁyojanāni appahīnāni honti.
  3. One individual has given up the lower fetters and the fetters for getting reborn, but not the fetters for getting a continued existence.Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekaccassa puggalassa orambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni pahīnāni honti, upapattipaṭilābhiyāni saṁyojanāni pahīnāni honti, bhavapaṭilābhiyāni saṁyojanāni appahīnāni honti.
  4. One individual has given up the lower fetters, the fetters for getting reborn, and the fetters for getting a continued existence.Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekaccassa puggalassa orambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni pahīnāni honti, upapattipaṭilābhiyāni saṁyojanāni pahīnāni honti, bhavapaṭilābhiyāni saṁyojanāni pahīnāni honti.

What individual hasn’t given up the lower fetters, the fetters for getting reborn, or the fetters for getting a continued existence?Katamassa, bhikkhave, puggalassa orambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni appahīnāni, upapattipaṭilābhiyāni saṁyojanāni appahīnāni, bhavapaṭilābhiyāni saṁyojanāni appahīnāni? A once-returner.Sakadāgāmissa. This is the individual who hasn’t given up the lower fetters, the fetters for getting reborn, or the fetters for getting a continued existence.Imassa kho, bhikkhave, puggalassa orambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni appahīnāni, upapattipaṭilābhiyāni saṁyojanāni appahīnāni, bhavapaṭilābhiyāni saṁyojanāni appahīnāni.

What individual has given up the lower fetters, but not the fetters for getting reborn, or the fetters for getting a continued existence?Katamassa, bhikkhave, puggalassa orambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni pahīnāni, upapattipaṭilābhiyāni saṁyojanāni appahīnāni, bhavapaṭilābhiyāni saṁyojanāni appahīnāni? One heading upstream, going to the Akaniṭṭha realm.Uddhaṁsotassa akaniṭṭhagāmino.

What individual has given up the lower fetters and the fetters for getting reborn, but not the fetters for getting a continued existence?Katamassa, bhikkhave, puggalassa orambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni pahīnāni, upapattipaṭilābhiyāni saṁyojanāni pahīnāni, bhavapaṭilābhiyāni saṁyojanāni appahīnāni? One extinguished between one life and the next.Antarāparinibbāyissa.

What individual has given up the lower fetters, the fetters for getting reborn, and the fetters for getting a continued existence?Katamassa, bhikkhave, puggalassa orambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni pahīnāni, upapattipaṭilābhiyāni saṁyojanāni pahīnāni, bhavapaṭilābhiyāni saṁyojanāni pahīnāni? A perfected one.Arahato.

These are the four individuals found in the world.”Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmin”ti.

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