"Yes, lord," the monks responded.
The Blessed One said: "It's because of not understanding and not penetrating four things that we have wandered & transmigrated on such a long, long time, you & I. Which four?
"It's because of not understanding and not penetrating noble virtue that we have wandered & transmigrated on such a long, long time, you & I.
"It's because of not understanding and not penetrating noble concentration that we have wandered & transmigrated on such a long, long time, you & I.
"It's because of not understanding and not penetrating noble discernment that we have wandered & transmigrated on such a long, long time, you & I.
"It's because of not understanding and not penetrating noble release that we have wandered & transmigrated on such a long, long time, you & I.
"But when noble virtue is understood & penetrated, when noble concentration...noble discernment...noble release is understood & penetrated, then craving for becoming is destroyed, the guide to becoming (craving & attachment) is ended, there is now no further becoming."
That is what the Blessed One said. When the One Well-gone had said that, he -- the Teacher -- said further:
Unexcelled virtue, concentration,
discernment, & release:
have been understood by Gotama of glorious stature.
Having known them directly,
he taught the Dhamma to the monks --
the Awakened One
the Teacher who has put an end to suffering & stress,
the One with vision
totally unbound.