7.
The First Discourse on Enmity
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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, 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, householder, one who kills living beings produces fear and enmity pertaining to the present life on account of killing living beings, and produces fear and enmity pertaining to the future life, and experiences mental suffering and displeasure - one who abstains from killing living beings does not produce fear and enmity pertaining to the present life, does not produce fear and enmity pertaining to the future life, and does not experience mental suffering and displeasure. For one who abstains from killing living beings, that fear and enmity is thus allayed.
"Whatever, householder, one who takes what is not given... etc. one who engages in sexual misconduct... one who speaks falsehood... one who indulges in spirits, liquor and intoxicants that cause negligence produces fear and enmity pertaining to the present life on account of spirits, liquor and intoxicants that cause negligence, and produces fear and enmity pertaining to the future life, and experiences mental suffering and displeasure - one who abstains from spirits, liquor and intoxicants that cause negligence does not produce fear and enmity pertaining to the present life, does not produce fear and enmity pertaining to the future life, and does not experience 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 practicing well, the Community of the Blessed One's disciples is practicing uprightly, the Community of the Blessed One's disciples is practicing by the true method, the Community of the Blessed One's disciples is practicing 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.
"When, householder, for a noble disciple these five fears and enmities are allayed, and he is endowed with these four factors of stream-entry, 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.'" The seventh.