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The Second Discourse on the Five Perils and Enmities
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He was dwelling at Sāvatthī, etc.
"When, monks, for a noble disciple five fears and enmities are allayed, and he is endowed with the four factors of stream-entry, and the noble method is well seen and thoroughly penetrated by him with wisdom, he may, if he wishes, declare of himself:
'For me, hell is eliminated, the animal realm is eliminated, the sphere of ghosts is eliminated, the realm of misery, the unfortunate realm, the nether world is eliminated; I am a stream-enterer, no longer subject to fall into lower realms, fixed in destiny, heading for the highest enlightenment.'
"What are the five fears and enmities that are allayed? Whatever, monks, one who kills living beings, etc. Whatever, monks, one who takes what is not given, etc. Whatever, monks, one who engages in sexual misconduct... Whatever, monks, a liar... Whatever, monks, one who indulges in spirits, liquor, and intoxicants that cause negligence, etc. These are the five fears and enmities that are allayed.
"With which four factors of stream-entry is he endowed? Here, monks, a noble disciple towards the Buddha, etc. Towards the Teaching... Towards the Community... He is endowed with morality pleasing to the noble ones. With these four factors of stream-entry he is endowed.
"And what is the noble method that is well seen and thoroughly penetrated by him with wisdom? Here, monks, a noble disciple attends wisely and thoroughly to dependent origination itself, etc. This is the noble method that is well seen and thoroughly penetrated by him with wisdom.
"When, monks, for a noble disciple these five fears and enmities are allayed, he is endowed with these four factors of stream-entry, and this noble method is well seen and thoroughly penetrated by him with wisdom, he may, if he wishes, declare of himself: 'For me, hell is eliminated, the animal realm is eliminated, the sphere of ghosts is eliminated, the realm of misery, the unfortunate realm, the nether world is eliminated; I am a stream-enterer, no longer subject to fall into lower realms, fixed in destiny, heading for the highest enlightenment.' The second.