9.
The Discourse on Mahānāma
1045.
The Origin at Kapilavatthu.
To Mahānāma the Sakyan seated to one side, the Blessed One said this:
"Mahānāma, a noble disciple endowed with four qualities is a stream-enterer... etc.
heading for the highest enlightenment."
"With which four? Here, Mahānāma, a noble disciple towards the Buddha... etc. Towards the Teaching... etc. towards the Community, etc. He is endowed with morality pleasing to the noble ones, unbroken... etc. conducive to concentration. Mahānāma, a noble disciple endowed with these four qualities is a stream-enterer, no longer subject to fall into lower realms, fixed in destiny, heading for the highest enlightenment." The ninth.