5.
The Discourse on the Stream
5.
"Monks, there are these four persons existing and found in the world.
Which four?
One who goes along with the stream, one who goes against the stream, one of established self, one who has crossed over, gone beyond, the brahmin stands on dry ground.
And what, monks, is the person who goes along with the stream?
Here, monks, a certain person indulges in sensual pleasures and does evil action.
This is called, monks, the person who goes along with the stream.
"And what, monks, is the person who goes against the stream? Here, monks, a certain person does not indulge in sensual pleasures and does not do evil action; together with suffering, together with displeasure, with tearful face, weeping, he lives the holy life that is complete and pure. This is called, monks, the person who goes against the stream.
"And what, monks, is the person of established self? Here, monks, a certain person, with the utter elimination of the five lower mental fetters, becomes one of spontaneous birth, attaining final nibbāna there, not subject to return from that world. This is called, monks, the person of established self.
"And what, monks, is the person who has crossed over, gone beyond, the brahmin who stands on dry ground? Here, monks, a certain person, with the elimination of the mental corruptions, in this very life, having realised by direct knowledge himself, having attained, dwells in the liberation of mind and liberation by wisdom that are without mental corruptions. This is called, monks, the person who has crossed over, gone beyond, the brahmin who stands on dry ground. These, monks, are the four persons existing and found in the world."
Not free from lust, here enjoyers of sensual pleasures;
Again and again they go to birth and ageing,
Afflicted by craving, those who go along with the stream.
Not indulging in sensual pleasures and evil;
Even with suffering, he should give up sensual pleasures,
They call that person one who goes against the stream.
A trainee complete, not subject to decline;
Having attained mastery of mind, with concentrated faculties,
He indeed is called a man of established self.
Are scattered, passed away, they do not exist;
He indeed is a sage, one who has fulfilled the holy life,
One who has reached the end of the world, he is called one who has gone beyond." The fifth.