Paṭhamakāmabhūsuttaṃ [SN 41.5, PTS 4.292]

5.

The First Discourse on Kāmabhū

347. On one occasion the Venerable Kāmabhū was dwelling at Macchikāsaṇḍa in the Ambāṭaka Grove. Then the householder Citta approached the Venerable Kāmabhū; having approached, he paid respect to the Venerable Kāmabhū and sat down to one side. To the householder Citta seated to one side, the Venerable Kāmabhū said this -

"This was said, householder -

"How, householder, should the meaning of what was spoken in brief be understood in detail?" "Was this, venerable sir, spoken by the Blessed One?" "Yes, householder." "Well then, venerable sir, wait a moment while I consider its meaning." Then the householder Citta, having been silent for a moment, said this to the Venerable Kāmabhū -

"'Faultless', venerable sir, this is a designation for morality. 'With white covering', venerable sir, this is a designation for liberation. 'With one spoke', venerable sir, this is a designation for mindfulness. 'Rolls on', venerable sir, this is a designation for going forward and going back. 'Chariot', venerable sir, 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. Lust, venerable sir, is trouble, hate is trouble, delusion is trouble. For a monk who has eliminated the mental corruptions, these have been abandoned, their root cut off, made like a palm stump, brought to obliteration, subject to non-arising in the future. Therefore a monk who has eliminated the mental corruptions is called 'without trouble'. 'The one coming', venerable sir, this is a designation for the worthy one. 'Stream', venerable sir, this is a designation for craving. For a monk who has eliminated the mental corruptions, it has been abandoned, its root cut off, made like a palm stump, brought to obliteration, subject to non-arising in the future. Therefore a monk who has eliminated the mental corruptions is called 'one with stream cut off'. Lust, venerable sir, is bondage, hate is bondage, delusion is bondage. For a monk who has eliminated the mental corruptions, these have been abandoned, their root cut off, made like a palm stump, brought to obliteration, subject to non-arising in the future. Therefore a monk who has eliminated the mental corruptions is called 'without bondage'. Thus indeed, venerable sir, that which was said by the Blessed One -

"I, venerable sir, understand in detail the meaning of what the Blessed One has spoken in brief thus." "It is a gain for you, householder, it is well gained for you, householder! That your eye of wisdom penetrates the deep word of the Buddha." The fifth.