AN 10.64 Experiential Confidence

Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).

“Ye keci, bhikkhave, mayi aveccappasannā, sabbe te sotāpannā.

¶ 1“Mendicants, all those who have experiential confidence in me have entered the stream.

Tesaṁ sotāpannānaṁ pañcannaṁ idha niṭṭhā, pañcannaṁ idha vihāya niṭṭhā.

¶ 2Of those who have entered the stream, five conclude their path in this realm, and five conclude their path after leaving this realm behind.

Katamesaṁ pañcannaṁ idha niṭṭhā?

¶ 3Which five conclude their path in this realm?

Sattakkhattuparamassa, kolaṅkolassa, ekabījissa, sakadāgāmissa, yo ca diṭṭheva dhamme arahā—

¶ 4The one who has seven rebirths at most, the one who goes from family to family, the one-seeder, the once returner, and the one who is perfected in this very life.

imesaṁ pañcannaṁ idha niṭṭhā.

¶ 5These five conclude their path in this realm.

Katamesaṁ pañcannaṁ idha vihāya niṭṭhā?

¶ 6Which five conclude their path after leaving this realm behind?

Antarāparinibbāyissa, upahaccaparinibbāyissa, asaṅkhāraparinibbāyissa, sasaṅkhāraparinibbāyissa, uddhaṁsotassa akaniṭṭhagāmino—

¶ 7The one who is extinguished between one life and the next, the one who is extinguished upon landing, the one who is extinguished without extra effort, the one who is extinguished with extra effort, and the one who heads upstream, going to the Akaniṭṭha realm.

imesaṁ pañcannaṁ idha vihāya niṭṭhā.

¶ 8These five conclude their path after leaving this realm behind.

Ye keci, bhikkhave, mayi aveccappasannā sabbe te sotāpannā.

¶ 9All those who have experiential confidence in me have entered the stream.

Tesaṁ sotāpannānaṁ imesaṁ pañcannaṁ idha niṭṭhā, imesaṁ pañcannaṁ idha vihāya niṭṭhā”ti.

¶ 10Of those who have entered the stream, these five conclude their path in this realm, and these five conclude their path after leaving this realm behind.”