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The First Discourse on the Fruit of Liberation of Mind
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"These five qualities, monks, when developed and cultivated, have liberation of mind as their fruit and liberation of mind as their benefit, and have liberation by wisdom as their fruit and liberation by wisdom as their benefit.
Which five? Here, monks, a monk dwells observing foulness in the body, perceiving repulsiveness in food, perceiving discontent in the whole world, observing impermanence in all activities, and the perception of death is well established internally for him. These, monks, are the five qualities which, when developed and cultivated, have liberation of mind as their fruit and liberation of mind as their benefit, and have liberation by wisdom as their fruit and liberation by wisdom as their benefit. Since, monks, a monk is liberated in mind and liberated by wisdom - this is called, monks, 'a monk whose cross-bar has been lifted, whose moat has been filled in, whose pillar has been pulled out, who is unbolted, a noble one whose flag has fallen, whose burden has been laid down, who is unbound.'
"And how, monks, is a monk one whose cross-bar has been lifted? Here, monks, for a monk ignorance has been abandoned, its root cut off, made like a palm stump, brought to obliteration, subject to non-arising in the future. Thus, monks, a monk is one whose cross-bar has been lifted.
"And how, monks, is a monk one whose moat has been filled in? Here, monks, for a monk the cycle of birth and wandering leading to rebirth has been abandoned, its root cut off, made like a palm stump, brought to obliteration, subject to non-arising in the future. Thus, monks, a monk is one whose moat has been filled in.
"And how, monks, is a monk one whose pillar has been pulled out? Here, 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, a monk is one whose pillar has been pulled out.
"And how, monks, is a monk unbolted? Here, monks, for a monk the five lower mental fetters have been abandoned, their roots cut off, made like palm stumps, brought to obliteration, subject to non-arising in the future. Thus, monks, a monk is unbolted.
"And how, monks, is a monk a noble one whose flag has fallen, whose burden has been laid down, who is unbound? Here, monks, for a monk the conceit 'I am' has been abandoned, its root cut off, made like a palm stump, brought to obliteration, subject to non-arising in the future. Thus, monks, a monk is a noble one whose flag has fallen, whose burden has been laid down, who is unbound." The first.