A Perfected OneArahantasutta

“When a mendicant is perfected, well-versed,“Yo hoti bhikkhu arahaṁ katāvī, with defilements ended, bearing the final body:Khīṇāsavo antimadehadhārī; would they say, ‘I speak’,Ahaṁ vadāmītipi so vadeyya, or even ‘they speak to me’?”Mamaṁ vadantītipi so vadeyyā”ti.

“When a mendicant is perfected, well-versed,“Yo hoti bhikkhu arahaṁ katāvī, with defilements ended, bearing the final body:Khīṇāsavo antimadehadhārī; they would say, ‘I speak’,Ahaṁ vadāmītipi so vadeyya, and also ‘they speak to me’.Mamaṁ vadantītipi so vadeyya; Skillful, understanding the world’s labels,Loke samaññaṁ kusalo viditvā, they’d use these terms as mere expressions.”Vohāramattena so vohareyyā”ti.

“When a mendicant is perfected, well-versed,“Yo hoti bhikkhu arahaṁ katāvī, with defilements ended, bearing the final body:Khīṇāsavo antimadehadhārī; is such a mendicant drawing close to conceitMānaṁ nu kho so upagamma bhikkhu, if they’d say, ‘I speak’,Ahaṁ vadāmītipi so vadeyya; or even ‘they speak to me’?”Mamaṁ vadantītipi so vadeyyā”ti.

“Someone who has given up conceit has no ties,“Pahīnamānassa na santi ganthā, the ties of conceit are all dissipated.Vidhūpitā mānaganthassa sabbe; Though that intelligent person has passed beyond conceiving,Sa vītivatto maññataṁ sumedho, they’d still say, ‘I speak’,Ahaṁ vadāmītipi so vadeyya.

and also ‘they speak to me’.Mamaṁ vadantītipi so vadeyya, Skillful, understanding the world’s labels,Loke samaññaṁ kusalo viditvā; they’d use these terms as mere expressions.”Vohāramattena so vohareyyā”ti.