Cīvarasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Nidānavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 16 · Section 527

[527] "Friend, with the destruction of the taints (āsava), I dwell having realized for myself with direct knowledge (abhiññā) in this very life the taintless liberation of mind (cetovimutti) and liberation by wisdom (paññāvimutti). Friend, one who thinks that I could be concealed in regard to the six direct knowledges might just as well think that a bull elephant (nāga) seven or seven and a half cubits high could be concealed by a palm leaf." And the bhikkhunī Thullanandā fell away from the holy life (brahmacariya). The eleventh.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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