10.
The Discourse on Water
103.
"Udaka Rāmaputta, monks, used to speak thus -
'This surely is one who has attained the highest knowledge, this surely is one who has conquered all, this surely has uprooted the root of the boil that was not uprooted.'
But this Udaka Rāmaputta, monks, while not being one who has attained the highest knowledge, says 'I am one who has attained the highest knowledge'; while not being one who has conquered all, says 'I am one who has conquered all'; while the root of the boil is not uprooted, says 'the root of the boil has been uprooted by me.'
Here indeed, monks, a monk speaking rightly would say -
'This surely is one who has attained the highest knowledge, this surely is one who has conquered all, this surely has uprooted the root of the boil that was not uprooted.'"
"And how, monks, is one who has attained the highest knowledge? When, monks, a monk understands as they really are the origin, passing away, gratification, danger, and escape regarding the six sense bases of contact; thus, monks, a monk is one who has attained the highest knowledge.
"And how, monks, is a monk one who has conquered all? When, monks, a monk, having understood as they really are the origin, passing away, gratification, danger, and escape regarding the six sense bases of contact, is liberated by non-clinging; thus, monks, a monk is one who has conquered all.
"And how, monks, is the root of the boil that was not uprooted, uprooted for a monk? 'Boil', monks, this is a designation for this body made of the four primary elements, originating from mother and father, built up from cooked rice and food made with flour, subject to impermanence, to rubbing, massaging, breaking up and destruction. 'Root of the boil', monks, this is a designation for craving. When, monks, for a monk craving has been abandoned, its root cut off, made like a palm stump, brought to obliteration, subject to non-arising in the future; thus, monks, the root of the boil that was not uprooted is uprooted for a monk.
"Udaka Rāmaputta, monks, used to speak thus - 'This surely is one who has attained the highest knowledge, this surely is one who has conquered all, this surely has uprooted the root of the boil that was not uprooted.' But this Udaka Rāmaputta, monks, while not being one who has attained the highest knowledge, says 'I am one who has attained the highest knowledge'; while not being one who has conquered all, says 'I am one who has conquered all'; while the root of the boil is not uprooted, says 'the root of the boil has been uprooted by me.' Here indeed, monks, a monk speaking rightly would say - 'This surely is one who has attained the highest knowledge, this surely is one who has conquered all, this surely has uprooted the root of the boil that was not uprooted.'" The tenth.