3.
The Discourse on the Brick House
97.
On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Ñātika in the brick house.
There the Blessed One addressed the monks thus:
"Monks."
"Venerable sir," those monks assented to the Blessed One.
The Blessed One said this:
"Dependent on an element, monks, perception arises, view arises, applied thought arises." When this was said, the Venerable Kaccāna said this to the Blessed One - "This view, venerable sir - 'They are Perfectly Enlightened Ones among those who are not Perfectly Enlightened Ones' - dependent on what, venerable sir, is this view discerned?"
"This is indeed a great element, Kaccāna, that is to say, the ignorance element. Dependent on an inferior element, Kaccāna, inferior perception arises, inferior view, inferior applied thought, inferior volition, inferior longing, inferior aspiration, inferior person, inferior speech; he tells what is inferior, teaches, makes known, establishes, reveals, analyses, makes clear; his rebirth is inferior, I say.
"Dependent on a middling element, Kaccāna, middling perception arises, middling view, middling applied thought, middling volition, middling longing, middling aspiration, middling person, middling speech; he tells what is middling, teaches, makes known, establishes, reveals, analyses, makes clear; his rebirth is middling, I say.
"Dependent on a superior element, Kaccāna, superior perception arises, superior view, superior applied thought, superior volition, superior longing, superior aspiration, superior person, superior speech; he tells what is superior, teaches, makes known, establishes, reveals, analyses, makes clear; his rebirth is superior, I say." The third.