Catutthapubbārāmasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Mahāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 19 · Section 999

[999] The same setting. "Bhikkhus, through the development and frequent cultivation of how many faculties (indriya) does a bhikkhu whose taints (āsava) are destroyed (khīṇāsava) declare final knowledge (aññā) thus: 'I understand: Destroyed is birth (jāti), the holy life (brahmacariya) has been lived, what had to be done has been done, there is no further coming to this state of being'?" "Venerable sir, our teachings are rooted in the Blessed One …"

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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