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The Discourse on Completing the Rains Retreat
1048.
On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Sāvatthī in Jeta's Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika's park.
Now at that time a certain monk who had completed the rains retreat at Sāvatthī had arrived at Kapilavatthu on some business.
The Sakyans of Kapilavatthu heard -
"A certain monk, it seems, who has completed the rains retreat at Sāvatthī has arrived at Kapilavatthu."
Then the Sakyans of Kapilavatthu approached that monk; having approached, they paid respect to that monk and sat down to one side. Seated to one side, the Sakyans of Kapilavatthu said this to that monk - "I hope, venerable sir, the Blessed One is healthy and powerful?" "The Blessed One is healthy, friend, and powerful." "And I hope, venerable sir, Sāriputta and Moggallāna are healthy and powerful?" "Sāriputta and Moggallāna too, friend, are healthy and powerful." "And I hope, venerable sir, the Community of monks is healthy and powerful?" "The Community of monks too, friend, is healthy and powerful." "But is there, venerable sir, anything that you have heard face to face from the Blessed One, received face to face during this rainy season?" "Face to face with the Blessed One I heard this, friend, face to face I received it - 'Few are those monks, monks, who, with the elimination of the mental corruptions, in this very life, having realised by direct knowledge themselves, having attained, dwell in the liberation of mind and liberation by wisdom that are without mental corruptions. But there are indeed more monks who, with the utter elimination of the five lower mental fetters, are ones of spontaneous birth, attaining final nibbāna there, not subject to return from that world.'"
"Furthermore, friend, I heard face to face from the Blessed One, I received face to face - 'Few are those monks, monks, who, with the utter elimination of the five lower mental fetters, are ones of spontaneous birth, attaining final nibbāna there, not subject to return from that world. But there are indeed more monks who, with the utter elimination of the three mental fetters and with the reduction of lust, hate, and delusion, are once-returners, who, having come to this world only once more, will make an end of suffering.'"
"Furthermore, friend, I heard face to face from the Blessed One, I received face to face - 'Few are those monks, monks, who, with the utter elimination of the three mental fetters and with the reduction of lust, hate, and delusion, are once-returners, who, having come to this world only once more, will make an end of suffering. But there are indeed more monks who, with the utter elimination of the three mental fetters, are stream-enterers, no longer subject to fall into lower realms, fixed in destiny, heading for the highest enlightenment.'" The second.