Paṭhamasamaṇabrāhmaṇasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Mahāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 19 · Section 849

[849] But, bhikkhus, those ascetics or brahmins who understand as it really is the origin and the passing away, the gratification, the danger, and the escape in regard to these five faculties (indriya) — those ascetics or brahmins, bhikkhus, are reckoned as ascetics among ascetics and as brahmins among brahmins; and those venerable ones, having realized it for themselves with direct knowledge (abhiññā), in this very life enter upon and dwell in the goal of asceticism and the goal of brahminhood. End of the Sixth Sutta. The Second Samaṇabrāhmaṇa Sutta: One who understands the arising of the five faculties is reckoned an ascetic or a brahmin.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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