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Grouping of the Ones

1. There are six descriptions - the description of aggregates, the description of sense bases, the description of elements, the description of truths, the description of faculties, and the description of persons.

2. In what respect is there the description of aggregates? As far as the five aggregates - the aggregate of matter, the aggregate of feeling, the aggregate of perception, the aggregate of mental activities, the aggregate of consciousness; to that extent is the description of aggregates.

3. In what respect is there the description of sense bases? As far as the twelve sense bases - the eye sense base, the visible form sense base, the ear sense base, the sound sense base, the nose sense base, the odour sense base, the tongue sense base, the flavour sense base, the body sense base, the touch sense base, the mind sense base, the mind-object sense base; to that extent is the description of sense bases.

4. In what respect is there the description of elements? As far as the eighteen elements - eye-element, material element, eye-consciousness element, ear-element, sound element, ear-consciousness element, nose element, odour element, nose-consciousness element, tongue-element, flavour element, tongue-consciousness element, body element, touch element, body-consciousness element, mind-element, element of phenomena, mind-consciousness element; to that extent is the description of elements.

5. In what respect is there the description of truths? As far as the four truths - the truth of suffering, the truth of origin, the truth of cessation, the truth of the path; to that extent is the description of truths.

6. In what respect is there the description of faculties? As far as the twenty-two faculties - the eye-faculty, the ear-faculty, the nose-faculty, the tongue-faculty, the body-faculty, the mind faculty, the femininity faculty, the masculinity faculty, the life faculty, the faculty of pleasantness, the faculty of pain, the pleasure faculty, the faculty of displeasure, the equanimity faculty, the faith faculty, the energy faculty, the mindfulness faculty, the concentration faculty, the wisdom faculty, the faculty of "I shall know the unknown", the faculty of final knowledge, the faculty of one who has final knowledge; to that extent is the description of faculties.

7. In what respect is there the designation of human types?

(1) Temporarily liberated

(2) Perpetually liberated

(3) One of shakeable nature

(4) One of unshakeable nature

(5) Subject to decline

(6) Not subject to decline

(7) Capable through intention

(8) Capable in protection

(9) Worldling

(10) Change-of-lineage

(11) Restrained by fear

(12) Restrained without fear

(13) Capable of progress

(14) Incapable of progress

(15) Fixed in destination

(16) Unfixed

(17) Practitioner

(18) Established in fruition

(19) One who attains arahantship simultaneously

(20) One who remains for an aeon

(21) Noble one

(22) Ignoble

(23) Trainee

(24) One beyond training

(25) Neither trainee nor one beyond training

(26) Possessor of the threefold true knowledge

(27) Possessor of the six higher knowledges

(28) Fully Self-Enlightened One

(29) Self-enlightened one

(30) One liberated in both ways

(31) One liberated by wisdom

(32) Body-witness

(33) One attained to right view

(34) One liberated by faith

(35) Follower of the Teaching

(36) Faith-follower

(37) One with seven rebirths at the utmost

(38) Family-to-family goer

(39) One who has sown the seed of rebirth one last time

(40) Once-returner

(41) Non-returner

(42) Attainer of final nibbāna in the interval

(43) Attainer of final nibbāna after the interval

(44) Attainer of final nibbāna without exertion

(45) Attainer of final nibbāna through exertion

(46) Upstream-goer towards the divine world Akaniṭṭha

(47) Stream-enterer

(48) One practising for the realisation of the fruition of stream-entry

(49) Once-returner

(50) One practising for the realisation of the fruition of once-returning

(51) Non-returner

(52) One practising for the realisation of the fruition of non-returning

(53) Worthy One

(54) One practising for the realisation of the fruition of arahantship

A unit.