10.
The Third Discourse on a Journey in Heaven
1016.
Then the Blessed One -
just as a strong man might extend his bent arm or bend his extended arm, even so -
having vanished from Jeta's Grove, appeared among the gods of the Thirty-three.
Then several deities of the host of the Thirty-three gods approached the Blessed One;
having approached, they paid respect to the Blessed One and stood to one side.
To those deities standing to one side, the Blessed One said this:
"Good indeed, friends, is being endowed with unwavering confidence in the Buddha: 'Thus indeed is the Blessed One, etc. Teacher of gods and humans, the Enlightened One, the Blessed One.' Because of being endowed with unwavering confidence in the Buddha, friends, some beings here are stream-enterers, no longer subject to fall into lower realms, fixed in destiny, heading for the highest enlightenment. Good indeed, friends, is being endowed with unwavering confidence in the Teaching, etc. towards the Community, etc. is being endowed with morality pleasing to the noble ones, unbroken, etc. conducive to concentration. Because of being endowed with morality pleasing to the noble ones, friends, some beings here are stream-enterers, no longer subject to fall into lower realms, fixed in destiny, heading for the highest enlightenment."
"Good indeed, Sir, is being endowed with unwavering confidence in the Buddha: 'Thus indeed is the Blessed One, etc. Teacher of gods and humans, the Enlightened One, the Blessed One.' Because of being endowed with unwavering confidence in the Buddha, Sir, this generation are stream-enterers, no longer subject to fall into lower realms, fixed in destiny, heading for the highest enlightenment. Good indeed, Sir, is being endowed with unwavering confidence in the Teaching, etc. towards the Community, etc. is being endowed with morality pleasing to the noble ones, unbroken, etc. conducive to concentration. Because of being endowed with morality pleasing to the noble ones, Sir, this generation are stream-enterers, no longer subject to fall into lower realms, fixed in destiny, heading for the highest enlightenment." The tenth.