Anubuddhasuttaṃ [AN 4.1, PTS 2.1–2.2]

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The Discourse on the Understood

1. Thus have I heard - On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling among the Vajjis at Bhaṇḍagāma. There the Blessed One addressed the monks thus: "Monks." "Venerable sir," those monks assented to the Blessed One. The Blessed One said this:

"Monks, through not understanding, through not penetrating four things, thus this long course has been run through and wandered through by me as well as by you. Which four? Monks, through not understanding, through not penetrating noble morality, thus this long course has been run through and wandered through by me as well as by you. Monks, through not understanding, through not penetrating noble concentration, thus this long course has been run through and wandered through by me as well as by you. Monks, through not understanding, through not penetrating noble wisdom, thus this long course has been run through and wandered through by me as well as by you. Monks, through not understanding, through not penetrating noble liberation, thus this long course has been run through and wandered through by me as well as by you. Monks, this noble morality has been understood and penetrated, noble concentration has been understood and penetrated, noble wisdom has been understood and penetrated, noble liberation has been understood and penetrated, craving for existence has been cut off, the conduit to existence has been eliminated, there is now no more rebirth."

This is what the Blessed One said. Having said this, the Fortunate One, the Teacher, further said this -