The Buddha teaches the four factors of stream-entry—experiential confidence in the Buddha, the teaching, and the Saṅgha, and ethical conduct loved by the noble ones—showing how they protect a noble disciple from loss and lead to heaven, regarding the brahmins.

SN 55.12 The Brahmins

Sāvatthinidānaṁ. “Brāhmaṇā, bhikkhave, udayagāminiṁ nāma paṭipadaṁ paññapenti. Te sāvakaṁ evaṁ samādapenti: ‘ehi tvaṁ, ambho purisa, kālasseva uṭṭhāya pācīnamukho yāhi. So tvaṁ sobbhaṁ parivajjehi, papātaṁ, khāṇuṁ, kaṇḍakaṭhānaṁ, candaniyaṁ, oḷigallaṁ. Yattha papateyyāsi tattheva maraṇaṁ āgameyyāsi. Evaṁ tvaṁ, ambho purisa, kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjissasī’ti.

Taṁ kho panetaṁ, bhikkhave, brāhmaṇānaṁ bālagamanametaṁ mūḷhagamanametaṁ na nibbidāya na virāgāya na nirodhāya na upasamāya na abhiññāya na sambodhāya na nibbānāya saṁvattati. Ahañca kho, bhikkhave, ariyassa vinaye udayagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ paññāpemi; ekantanibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya upasamāya abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṁvattati.

Katamā ca sā, bhikkhave, udayagāminī paṭipadā; ekantanibbidāya …pe… nibbānāya saṁvattati? Idha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako buddhe aveccappasādena samannāgato hoti itipi so bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho …pe… satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavāti; dhamme …pe… saṅghe …pe… ariyakantehi sīlehi samannāgato hoti akhaṇḍehi …pe… samādhisaṁvattanikehi. Ayaṁ kho sā, bhikkhave, udayagāminī paṭipadā ekantanibbidāya …pe… nibbānāya saṁvattatī”ti.

Dutiyaṁ.

Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.

“Brāhmaṇā, bhikkhave, udayagāminiṁ nāma paṭipadaṁ paññapenti.

“Mendicants, the brahmins advocate a practice called ‘get up and go’.

Te sāvakaṁ evaṁ samādapenti:

They encourage their disciple:

‘ehi tvaṁ, ambho purisa, kālasseva uṭṭhāya pācīnamukho yāhi.

‘Please, my man, rising early you should face east and walk.

So tvaṁ sobbhaṁ parivajjehi, papātaṁ, khāṇuṁ, kaṇḍakaṭhānaṁ, candaniyaṁ, oḷigallaṁ.

Do not avoid a pit, a cliff, a stump, thorny ground, a swamp, or a sewer.

Yattha papateyyāsi tattheva maraṇaṁ āgameyyāsi.

You should await death in the place that you fall.

Evaṁ tvaṁ, ambho purisa, kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjissasī’ti.

And when your body breaks up, after death, you’ll be reborn in a good place, a heaven realm.’

Taṁ kho panetaṁ, bhikkhave, brāhmaṇānaṁ bālagamanametaṁ mūḷhagamanametaṁ na nibbidāya na virāgāya na nirodhāya na upasamāya na abhiññāya na sambodhāya na nibbānāya saṁvattati.

But this practice of the brahmins is a foolish procedure, a stupid procedure. It doesn’t lead to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, or extinguishment.

Ahañca kho, bhikkhave, ariyassa vinaye udayagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ paññāpemi;

But in the training of the Noble One I advocate a ‘get up and go’ practice

ekantanibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya upasamāya abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṁvattati.

which does lead solely to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment.

Katamā ca sā, bhikkhave, udayagāminī paṭipadā;

And what is that ‘get up and go’ practice?

ekantanibbidāya …pe… nibbānāya saṁvattati?

Idha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako buddhe aveccappasādena samannāgato hoti

It’s when a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the Buddha …

itipi so bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho …pe… satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavāti;

dhamme …pe…

the teaching …

saṅghe …pe…

the Saṅgha …

ariyakantehi sīlehi samannāgato hoti akhaṇḍehi …pe… samādhisaṁvattanikehi.

And they have the ethical conduct loved by the noble ones … leading to immersion.

Ayaṁ kho sā, bhikkhave, udayagāminī paṭipadā ekantanibbidāya …pe…

This is that ‘get up and go’ practice

nibbānāya saṁvattatī”ti.

which does lead solely to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment.”

Dutiyaṁ.

Qualities:

Dispassion

Dispassion

The fading of desire and attraction toward conditioned things. It arises through seeing the impermanent and unsatisfactory nature of experience. It is the natural fragrance of understanding and the forerunner of release.

Also known as: detachment, disinterest, fading of desire, disentanglement
Pāli: virāga, visaṁyutta
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Ending

Ending

The complete exhaustion and ending of craving, aversion, and delusion—the three roots of suffering. It refers to both the gradual wearing away of defilements through practice and the final cessation that constitutes Nibbāna.

Also known as: cessation, exhaustion, gradual ending, wearing away
Pāli: khaya, khīṇa, nirodha
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Ethical conduct

Ethical conduct

A disciplined way of living grounded in harmlessness and integrity. Ethical conduct restrains the body and speech from harm, purifies behavior, and forms the foundation for collectedness and wisdom.

Also known as: moral integrity, right action, virtue
Pāli: sīla, sammākammanta
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Faith

Faith

Confidence in the Buddha's awakening and the efficacy of the path. It brightens and steadies the mind, removing doubt and inspiring energy toward wholesome practice. True faith rests on clarity and direct experience rather than mere belief.

Also known as: confidence, trust, belief, conviction, self-assurance
Pāli: saddha, pasanna
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Insight

Insight

Insight is deep, intuitive realization that transforms understanding and guides practice.

Also known as: having insight, with understanding, right knowledge
Pāli: ñāṇa, sammāñāṇa
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Wholesome

Wholesome

Conducive to or suggestive of good health and mental well-being.

Also known as: blameless, skillful, beneficial, good, useful, healthy, nourishing, sustaining
Pāli: kusala
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Last updated on July 27, 2026