{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn55.24/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn55.24","id":"suttacentral_sn55.24","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn55.24/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At Kapilavatthu. Now at that time Sarak\u0101ni the Sakyan had passed away. The Buddha declared that he was a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening. At that, several Sakyans came together complaining, grumbling, and objecting, \u201cOh lord, how incredible, how amazing! Who can\u2019t become a stream-enterer these days? For the Buddha even declared Sarak\u0101ni to be a stream-enterer after he passed away. Sarak\u0101ni was too weak for the training; he used to drink liquor.\u201d Then Mah\u0101n\u0101ma the Sakyan went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and told him what had happened. The Buddha said: \u201cMah\u0101n\u0101ma, when a lay follower has for a long time gone for refuge to the Buddha, the teaching, and the Sa\u1e45gha, how could they go to the underworld? And if anyone should rightly be said to have for a long time gone for refuge to the Buddha, the teaching, and the Sa\u1e45gha, it\u2019s Sarak\u0101ni the Sakyan. Sarak\u0101ni the Sakyan has for a long time gone for refuge to the Buddha, the teaching, and the Sa\u1e45gha. How could he go to the underworld? Take a certain individual who has experiential confidence in the Buddha \u2026 the teaching \u2026 the Sa\u1e45gha \u2026 They have laughing wisdom and swift wisdom, and are endowed with freedom. They\u2019ve realized the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements. This individual is exempt from hell, the animal realm, and the ghost realm. They\u2019re exempt from places of loss, bad places, the underworld. Take another individual who has experiential confidence in the Buddha \u2026 the teaching \u2026 the Sa\u1e45gha \u2026 They have laughing wisdom and swift wisdom, but are not endowed with freedom. With the ending of the five lower fetters they\u2019re reborn spontaneously. They are extinguished there, and are not liable to return from that world. This individual, too, is exempt from hell, the animal realm, and the ghost realm. They\u2019re exempt from places of loss, bad places, the underworld. Take another individual who has experiential confidence in the Buddha \u2026 the teaching \u2026 the Sa\u1e45gha \u2026 But they don\u2019t have laughing wisdom or swift wisdom, nor are they endowed with freedom. With the ending of three fetters, and the weakening of greed, hate, and delusion, they\u2019re a once-returner. They come back to this world once only, then make an end of suffering. This individual, too, is exempt from hell, the animal realm, and the ghost realm. They\u2019re exempt from places of loss, bad places, the underworld. Take another individual who has experiential confidence in the Buddha \u2026 the teaching \u2026 the Sa\u1e45gha \u2026 But they don\u2019t have laughing wisdom or swift wisdom, nor are they endowed with freedom. With the ending of three fetters they\u2019re a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening. This individual, too, is exempt from hell, the animal realm, and the ghost realm. They\u2019re exempt from places of loss, bad places, the underworld. Take another individual who doesn\u2019t have experiential confidence in the Buddha \u2026 the teaching \u2026 the Sa\u1e45gha \u2026 They don\u2019t have laughing wisdom or swift wisdom, nor are they endowed with freedom. Still, they have these qualities: the faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom. And they accept the teachings proclaimed by the Realized One after deliberating them with a degree of wisdom. This individual, too, doesn\u2019t go to hell, the animal realm, and the ghost realm. They don\u2019t go to places of loss, bad places, the underworld. Take another individual who doesn\u2019t have experiential confidence in the Buddha \u2026 the teaching \u2026 the Sa\u1e45gha \u2026 They don\u2019t have laughing wisdom or swift wisdom, nor are they endowed with freedom. Still, they have these qualities: the faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom. And they have a degree of faith and fondness for the Buddha. This individual, too, doesn\u2019t go to hell, the animal realm, and the ghost realm. They don\u2019t go to places of loss, bad places, the underworld. If these great sal trees could understand what was well said and poorly said, I\u2019d declare them to be stream-enterers. Why can\u2019t this apply to Sarak\u0101ni? Mah\u0101n\u0101ma, Sarak\u0101ni the Sakyan undertook the training at the time of his death.\u201d","title":"About Sarak\u0101ni (1st)","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":724}