7.
The Discourse on the Bond of Sensual Pleasure
96.
This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Worthy One, thus have I heard:
"Monks, one bound by the mental bond of sensuality, bound by the mental bond of existence, is one who returns, one who comes back to this state of being. Monks, one unbound from the mental bond of sensuality, bound by the mental bond of existence, is a non-returner, one who does not come back to this state of being. Monks, one unbound from the mental bond of sensuality, unbound from the mental bond of existence, is a Worthy One, one who has eliminated the mental corruptions." The Blessed One said this meaning. Therein this is said:
Beings go to the round of rebirths, going to birth and death.
Tied by the mental bond of existence, are called non-returners.
They indeed have gone beyond in the world, those who have attained the elimination of mental corruptions."
This meaning too was spoken by the Blessed One, thus have I heard. The seventh.