• Numbered Discourses 4.131 Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 4.131
  • 14. Individuals 14. Puggalavagga

Fetters Saį¹yojanasutta

ā€œMendicants, these four individuals are found in the world. ā€œCattārome, bhikkhave, puggalā santo saį¹vijjamānā lokasmiį¹. What four? Katame cattāro?

  1. One individual hasnā€™t given up the lower fetters, the fetters for getting reborn, or the fetters for getting a continued existence. Idha, bhikkhave, ekaccassa puggalassa orambhāgiyāni saį¹yojanāni appahÄ«nāni honti, upapattipaį¹­ilābhiyāni saį¹yojanāni appahÄ«nāni honti, bhavapaį¹­ilābhiyāni saį¹yojanāni appahÄ«nāni honti.
  2. One individual has given up the lower fetters, but not the fetters for getting reborn, or the fetters for getting a continued existence. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekaccassa puggalassa orambhāgiyāni saį¹yojanāni pahÄ«nāni honti, upapattipaį¹­ilābhiyāni saį¹yojanāni appahÄ«nāni honti, bhavapaį¹­ilābhiyāni saį¹yojanāni appahÄ«nāni honti.
  3. One individual has given up the lower fetters and the fetters for getting reborn, but not the fetters for getting a continued existence. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekaccassa puggalassa orambhāgiyāni saį¹yojanāni pahÄ«nāni honti, upapattipaį¹­ilābhiyāni saį¹yojanāni pahÄ«nāni honti, bhavapaį¹­ilābhiyāni saį¹yojanāni appahÄ«nāni honti.
  4. One individual has given up the lower fetters, the fetters for getting reborn, and the fetters for getting a continued existence. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekaccassa puggalassa orambhāgiyāni saį¹yojanāni pahÄ«nāni honti, upapattipaį¹­ilābhiyāni saį¹yojanāni pahÄ«nāni honti, bhavapaį¹­ilābhiyāni saį¹yojanāni pahÄ«nāni honti.

What individual hasnā€™t given up the lower fetters, the fetters for getting reborn, or the fetters for getting a continued existence? Katamassa, bhikkhave, puggalassa orambhāgiyāni saį¹yojanāni appahÄ«nāni, upapattipaį¹­ilābhiyāni saį¹yojanāni appahÄ«nāni, bhavapaį¹­ilābhiyāni saį¹yojanāni appahÄ«nāni? A once-returner. Sakadāgāmissa. This is the individual who hasnā€™t given up the lower fetters, the fetters for getting reborn, or the fetters for getting a continued existence. Imassa kho, bhikkhave, puggalassa orambhāgiyāni saį¹yojanāni appahÄ«nāni, upapattipaį¹­ilābhiyāni saį¹yojanāni appahÄ«nāni, bhavapaį¹­ilābhiyāni saį¹yojanāni appahÄ«nāni.

What individual has given up the lower fetters, but not the fetters for getting reborn, or the fetters for getting a continued existence? Katamassa, bhikkhave, puggalassa orambhāgiyāni saį¹yojanāni pahÄ«nāni, upapattipaį¹­ilābhiyāni saį¹yojanāni appahÄ«nāni, bhavapaį¹­ilābhiyāni saį¹yojanāni appahÄ«nāni? One heading upstream, going to the Akaniį¹­į¹­ha realm. Uddhaį¹sotassa akaniį¹­į¹­hagāmino. Imassa kho, bhikkhave, puggalassa orambhāgiyāni saį¹yojanāni pahÄ«nāni, upapattipaį¹­ilābhiyāni saį¹yojanāni appahÄ«nāni, bhavapaį¹­ilābhiyāni saį¹yojanāni appahÄ«nāni.

What individual has given up the lower fetters and the fetters for getting reborn, but not the fetters for getting a continued existence? Katamassa, bhikkhave, puggalassa orambhāgiyāni saį¹yojanāni pahÄ«nāni, upapattipaį¹­ilābhiyāni saį¹yojanāni pahÄ«nāni, bhavapaį¹­ilābhiyāni saį¹yojanāni appahÄ«nāni? One extinguished between one life and the next. Antarāparinibbāyissa. Imassa kho, bhikkhave, puggalassa orambhāgiyāni saį¹yojanāni pahÄ«nāni, upapattipaį¹­ilābhiyāni saį¹yojanāni pahÄ«nāni, bhavapaį¹­ilābhiyāni saį¹yojanāni appahÄ«nāni.

What individual has given up the lower fetters, the fetters for getting reborn, and the fetters for getting a continued existence? Katamassa, bhikkhave, puggalassa orambhāgiyāni saį¹yojanāni pahÄ«nāni, upapattipaį¹­ilābhiyāni saį¹yojanāni pahÄ«nāni, bhavapaį¹­ilābhiyāni saį¹yojanāni pahÄ«nāni? A perfected one. Arahato. Imassa kho, bhikkhave, puggalassa orambhāgiyāni saį¹yojanāni pahÄ«nāni, upapattipaį¹­ilābhiyāni saį¹yojanāni pahÄ«nāni, bhavapaį¹­ilābhiyāni saį¹yojanāni pahÄ«nāni.

These are the four individuals found in the world.ā€ Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro puggalā santo saį¹vijjamānā lokasminā€ti.

Paį¹­hamaį¹.