[206] This matter, venerable sir, Brahmā Sanaṅkumāra spoke. And having spoken this matter, venerable sir, Brahmā Sanaṅkumāra addressed the devas of the Tāvatiṃsa: "What do the good devas of the Tāvatiṃsa think of this? How well set forth by that Blessed One who knows and sees, the Arahant, the Fully Self-Awakened One, are these seven requisites of concentration (samādhiparikkhārā), for the development of right concentration (samādhi), for the fulfillment of right concentration! What seven? Right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, and right mindfulness. That one-pointedness of mind (citta), sirs, which is equipped with these seven factors — this, sirs, is called noble right concentration 'with its supports' (sa-upanisa) and 'with its requisites' (saparikkhāra).
"For one of right view, sirs, right intention arises; for one of right intention, right speech arises; for one of right speech, right action arises; for one of right action, right livelihood arises; for one of right livelihood, right effort arises; for one of right effort, right mindfulness arises; for one of right mindfulness, right concentration arises; for one of right concentration, right knowledge (ñāṇa) arises; for one of right knowledge, right liberation arises.
"If, sirs, one speaking rightly were to say of anything: 'The Dhamma is well proclaimed by the Blessed One, visible here and now, timeless, inviting one to come and see, leading onward, to be experienced individually by the wise,' and 'Open are the doors of the Deathless' — it is of this very possession of unwavering confidence in the Fully Self-Awakened One that one speaking rightly would say it: 'Well proclaimed indeed by the Blessed One is the Dhamma, visible here and now, timeless, inviting one to come and see, leading onward, to be experienced individually by the wise; open are the doors of the Deathless.'
"For whoever, sirs, possess unwavering confidence in the Buddha, possess unwavering confidence in the Dhamma, possess unwavering confidence in the Saṅgha, and possess the virtues dear to the noble ones; and those spontaneously reborn, trained in the Dhamma — more than two million four hundred thousand Magadhan devotees who have passed away, having done their time, are, through the destruction of three fetters (saṃyojana), stream-enterers, no longer subject to the states of deprivation, fixed in destiny, bound for full awakening. And there are once-returners here as well. But as for this other class of people who share in merit — I am unable to count them, for I dread false speech."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.