[231] Then Anāthapiṇḍika the householder approached the Blessed One; having approached and paid homage to the Blessed One, he sat down to one side. As Anāthapiṇḍika the householder sat to one side, the Blessed One said this to him: "Householder, when for a noble disciple five fears and enmities have been stilled, and he is possessed of the four factors of stream-entry (sotāpattiyaṅga), then, if he so wishes, he may declare of himself by himself: 'I am one for whom hell is destroyed, the animal realm is destroyed, the realm of hungry ghosts is destroyed, the plane of misery, the bad destination, the lower world is destroyed; I am a stream-enterer (sotāpanna), no longer subject to falling away, fixed in destiny, with awakening as my final goal.'
"What are the five fears and enmities that have been stilled? Householder, one who destroys life, on account of the destruction of life, engenders fear and enmity pertaining to the present life, engenders fear and enmity pertaining to the life to come, and experiences mental pain and grief. For one who abstains from the destruction of life, no fear and enmity pertaining to the present life is engendered, no fear and enmity pertaining to the life to come is engendered, nor does he experience mental pain and grief. For one who abstains from the destruction of life, that fear and enmity is thus stilled. Householder, one who takes what is not given … one who engages in sexual misconduct … one who speaks falsely … one who indulges in liquor, wine, and intoxicants that are a basis for heedlessness, on account of indulging in liquor, wine, and intoxicants that are a basis for heedlessness, engenders fear and enmity pertaining to the present life, engenders fear and enmity pertaining to the life to come, and experiences mental pain and grief. For one who abstains from liquor, wine, and intoxicants that are a basis for heedlessness, no fear and enmity pertaining to the present life is engendered, no fear and enmity pertaining to the life to come is engendered, nor does he experience mental pain and grief. For one who abstains from liquor, wine, and intoxicants that are a basis for heedlessness, that fear and enmity is thus stilled. These are the five fears and enmities that have been stilled.
"What are the four factors of stream-entry with which he is possessed? Here, householder, a noble disciple is possessed of unwavering confidence in the Buddha thus: 'Thus indeed is that Blessed One: worthy (arahaṃ), fully self-awakened, perfect in true knowledge and conduct, well-gone, knower of the world, unsurpassed trainer of persons to be tamed, teacher of gods and humans, awakened, blessed.' He is possessed of unwavering confidence in the Dhamma thus: 'Well proclaimed by the Blessed One is the Dhamma, to be seen for oneself, timeless, inviting one to come and see, worthy of application, to be known by the wise each for himself.' He is possessed of unwavering confidence in the Saṅgha thus: 'Of good conduct is the community of disciples of the Blessed One; of upright conduct is the community of disciples of the Blessed One; of right conduct is the community of disciples of the Blessed One; of proper conduct is the community of disciples of the Blessed One — that is, the four pairs of persons, the eight individual persons. This community of disciples of the Blessed One is worthy of gifts, worthy of hospitality, worthy of offerings, worthy of reverential salutation, an unsurpassed field of merit for the world.' He is possessed of the virtues dear to the noble ones — unbroken, untorn, unblemished, unmottled, freeing, praised by the wise, ungrasped-at, conducive to concentration (samādhi). He is possessed of these four factors of stream-entry.
"Householder, when for a noble disciple these five fears and enmities have been stilled, and he is possessed of these four factors of stream-entry, then, if he so wishes, he may declare of himself by himself: 'I am one for whom hell is destroyed, the animal realm is destroyed, the realm of hungry ghosts is destroyed, the plane of misery, the bad destination, the lower world is destroyed; I am a stream-enterer, no longer subject to falling away, fixed in destiny, with awakening as my final goal.'"
End of the seventh sutta: the second Vera Sutta.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.