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The Discourse on the Five Perils and Enmities
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He was dwelling at Sāvatthī.
Then the householder Anāthapiṇḍika approached the Blessed One;
having approached, he paid respect to the Blessed One and sat down to one side.
To the householder Anāthapiṇḍika seated to one side, the Blessed One said this:
"When, householder, for a noble disciple five fears and enmities are allayed, and he is endowed with the four factors of stream-entry, and the noble method is well seen and thoroughly penetrated by him with wisdom, he may, if he wishes, declare of himself: 'For me, hell is eliminated, the animal realm is eliminated, the sphere of ghosts is eliminated, the realm of misery, the unfortunate realm, the nether world is eliminated; I am a stream-enterer, no longer subject to fall into lower realms, fixed in destiny, heading for the highest enlightenment.'
"What are the five fears and enmities that are allayed? Whatever fear and enmity, householder, one who kills living beings produces pertaining to the present life on account of killing living beings, and produces pertaining to the future life, and experiences mental suffering and displeasure - for one who abstains from killing living beings, that fear and enmity is thus allayed.
"Whatever fear and enmity, householder, one who takes what is not given produces pertaining to the present life on account of taking what is not given, and produces pertaining to the future life, and experiences mental suffering and displeasure - for one who abstains from taking what is not given, that fear and enmity is thus allayed.
"Whatever fear and enmity, householder, one who engages in sexual misconduct produces pertaining to the present life on account of sexual misconduct, and produces pertaining to the future life, and experiences mental suffering and displeasure - for one who abstains from sexual misconduct, that fear and enmity is thus allayed.
"Whatever fear and enmity, householder, a liar produces pertaining to the present life on account of lying, and produces pertaining to the future life, and experiences mental suffering and displeasure - for one who abstains from lying, that fear and enmity is thus allayed.
"Whatever fear and enmity, householder, one who indulges in spirits, liquor, and intoxicants that cause negligence produces pertaining to the present life on account of spirits, liquor, and intoxicants that cause negligence, and produces pertaining to the future life, and experiences mental suffering and displeasure - for one who abstains from spirits, liquor, and intoxicants that cause negligence, that fear and enmity is thus allayed. These are the five fears and enmities that are allayed.
"With which four factors of stream-entry is he endowed? Here, householder, a noble disciple is endowed with unwavering confidence in the Buddha: 'Thus indeed is the Blessed One: the Worthy One, the Perfectly Enlightened One, accomplished in true knowledge and conduct, the Fortunate One, knower of the world, unsurpassed trainer of persons to be tamed, Teacher of gods and humans, the Enlightened One, the Blessed One.'
"He is endowed with unwavering confidence in the Teaching: 'Well proclaimed by the Blessed One is the Teaching, visible here and now, immediately effective, inviting one to come and see, leading onward, to be individually experienced by the wise.'
"He is endowed with unwavering confidence in the Community: 'The Community of the Blessed One's disciples is practising well, the Community of the Blessed One's disciples is practising uprightly, the Community of the Blessed One's disciples is practising by the true method, the Community of the Blessed One's disciples is practising properly, that is, the four pairs of persons, the eight types of individuals; this Community of the Blessed One's disciples is worthy of offerings, worthy of hospitality, worthy of gifts, worthy of reverential salutation, an unsurpassed field of merit for the world.'
"He is endowed with morality pleasing to the noble ones, unbroken, without gaps, spotless, unblemished, liberating, praised by the wise, not adhered to, conducive to concentration. With these four factors of stream-entry he is endowed.
"And what is the noble method that is well seen and thoroughly penetrated by him with wisdom? Here, householder, a noble disciple attends wisely to dependent origination itself: 'Thus when this exists, that comes to be; when this is absent, that does not exist; from the arising of this, that arises; from the cessation of this, that ceases. That is to say, with ignorance as condition, activities; with activities as condition, consciousness; etc. Thus is the origin of this whole mass of suffering. But from the complete fading away and cessation of ignorance comes the cessation of activities; from the cessation of activities comes the cessation of consciousness; etc. Thus is the cessation of this whole mass of suffering.'" This is the noble method that is well seen and thoroughly penetrated by him with wisdom.
"When, householder, for a noble disciple these five fears and enmities are allayed, he is endowed with these four factors of stream-entry, and this noble true method is well seen and thoroughly penetrated by wisdom, he may, if he wishes, declare of himself: 'For me, hell is eliminated, the animal realm is eliminated, the sphere of ghosts is eliminated, the realm of misery, the unfortunate realm, the nether world is eliminated; I am a stream-enterer, no longer subject to fall into lower realms, fixed in destiny, heading for the highest enlightenment.'