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The Discourse on Bhaddiya
1044.
The Origin at Kapilavatthu.
To Bhaddiya the Sakyan seated to one side, the Blessed One said this:
"Bhaddiya, a noble disciple possessed of four qualities is a stream-enterer, no longer subject to fall into lower realms, fixed in destiny, heading for the highest enlightenment.
"With which four? Here, Bhaddiya, a noble disciple towards the Buddha... etc. Towards the Teaching... etc. towards the Community, etc. He is endowed with morality pleasing to the noble ones, unbroken... etc. conducive to concentration. Bhaddiya, a noble disciple possessed of these four qualities is a stream-enterer, no longer subject to fall into lower realms, fixed in destiny, heading for the highest enlightenment." The eighth.