6.
The Discourse on the Speaker of the Teaching
16.
At Sāvatthī...
Then a certain monk approached the Blessed One;
having approached, he paid respect to the Blessed One and sat down to one side.
Seated to one side, that monk said this to the Blessed One -
"'One who is speaker of the Teaching, one who is speaker of the Teaching', venerable sir, is said.
In what way, venerable sir, is one speaker of the Teaching?"
"If a monk expounds the Teaching for disenchantment, dispassion, and cessation of ageing and death, it is fitting to say 'a monk who is speaker of the Teaching'. If a monk is practising for disenchantment, dispassion, and cessation of ageing and death, it is fitting to say 'a monk practising in accordance with the Teaching'. If a monk is liberated through non-clinging through disenchantment, dispassion, and cessation of ageing and death, it is fitting to say 'a monk who has attained Nibbāna in this present life'.
"If a monk regarding birth... etc. if a monk regarding existence... if a monk regarding clinging... if a monk regarding craving... if a monk regarding feeling... if a monk regarding contact... if a monk regarding the six sense bases... if a monk regarding mentality-materiality... if a monk regarding consciousness... if a monk regarding activities... If a monk expounds the Teaching for disenchantment, dispassion, and cessation of ignorance, it is fitting to say 'a monk who is speaker of the Teaching'. If a monk is practising for disenchantment, dispassion, and cessation of ignorance, it is fitting to say 'a monk practising in accordance with the Teaching'. If a monk is liberated through non-clinging through disenchantment, dispassion, and cessation of ignorance, it is fitting to say 'a monk who has attained Nibbāna in this present life'."