22a: The Discourse on the Treasures – 722
one (
ariya
) who perceives the four noble truths through his first path-
knowledge is unshakable under all worldly conditions. This is the
incomparable quality in the Stream-enterer that excels all worldly
treasures. By this truth, may all beings be well and happy, both here and in
the hereafter!
9
. Ye ariyasaccāni vibhāvayanti,
gambhīrapaññena sudesitāni;
Kiñcāpi te honti bhusaṁ pamattā,
na te bhavaṁ aṭṭhamamādiyanti;
Idampi saṅghe ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ,
etena saccena suvatthi hotu.
Those Stream-enterers have perceived the noble truths clearly, being well-
taught by the Buddha, the possessor of most profound knowledge.
However exceedingly forgetful they might be, they do not take birth for
an eighth time. This is the incomparable quality in the Stream-enterer that
excels all worldly treasures. By this truth, may all beings be well and
happy, both here and in the hereafter!
10
. Sahāvassa dassanasampadāya,
tayassu dhammā jahitā bhavanti;
Sakkāyadiṭṭhī vicikicchitañca,
sīlabbataṁ vāpi yadatthi kiñci.
Idampi saṅghe ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ,
etena saccena suvatthi hotu.
At the instant of the arising of Stream-entry knowledge, the three
defilements of wrong view concerning this body of five aggregates, which
arises in 20 ways; eight kinds of doubts and sixteen kinds of uncertainty;
and the wrong belief in misguided practices outside the noble path, should
there be any, are discarded once and for all.
11
. Catūhapāyehi ca vippamutto,
chaccābhiṭhānāni abhabba kātuṁ ;
Idampi saṅghe ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ,
etena saccena suvatthi hotu.
Although certain defilements still remain in him, he is absolutely freed
from the four lower worlds (
apāya
). He is also incapable of committing
the six gross evil deeds: the five evil deeds and following teachers other
than the Buddha. This is the incomparable quality in the Stream-enterer