9.
The Discourse on Right View
89.
"Monks, there are these four persons existing and found in the world.
Which four?
The unshakeable ascetic, the white lotus ascetic, the lotus ascetic, the delicate ascetic among ascetics.
"And how, monks, is a person an unshakeable ascetic? Here, monks, a monk holds right view, holds right thought, holds right speech, holds right action, holds right livelihood, holds right effort, holds right mindfulness, holds right concentration. Thus, monks, a person is an unshakeable ascetic.
"And how, monks, is a person a white lotus ascetic? Here, monks, a monk holds right view, holds right thought, holds right speech, holds right action, holds right livelihood, holds right effort, holds right mindfulness, holds right concentration, holds right knowledge, holds right liberation, but he does not dwell having touched the eight deliverances with the body. Thus, monks, a person is a white lotus ascetic.
"And how, monks, is a person a lotus ascetic? Here, monks, a monk holds right view, etc. holds right liberation, and he dwells having touched the eight deliverances with the body. Thus, monks, a person is a lotus ascetic.
"And how, monks, is a person a delicate ascetic among ascetics? Here, monks, a monk mostly uses robes that are requested, little that is unrequested, etc. If anyone, monks, speaking rightly would say 'the delicate ascetic among ascetics', it is of me indeed, monks, that one speaking rightly would say 'the delicate ascetic among ascetics'. These, monks, are the four persons existing and found in the world." The ninth.