- Linked Discourses 55.46Saṁyutta Nikāya 55.46
- 5. Overflowing Merit, With Verses5. Sagāthakapuññābhisandavagga
Plain VersionSuddhakasutta
“Mendicants, a noble disciple who has four things is a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening.“Catūhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato ariyasāvako sotāpanno hoti avinipātadhammo niyato sambodhiparāyaṇo.
What four?Katamehi catūhi? It’s when a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the Buddha …Idha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako buddhe aveccappasādena samannāgato hoti— the teaching …Dhamme …pe… the Saṅgha …saṅghe …pe… And they have the ethical conduct loved by the noble ones … leading to immersion.ariyakantehi sīlehi samannāgato hoti akhaṇḍehi …pe… samādhisaṁvattanikehi. A noble disciple who has these four things is a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening.”Imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato ariyasāvako sotāpanno hoti avinipātadhammo niyato sambodhiparāyaṇo”ti.