The Buddha teaches on stream-entry regarding at the brick hall (2nd), explaining the four factors of a noble disciple and the qualities that ensure liberation from loss and rebirth in heaven.

SN 55.9 At the Brick Hall (2nd)

Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

“asoko nāma, bhante, bhikkhu kālaṅkato; tassa gati, ko abhisamparāyo? Asokā nāma, bhante, bhikkhunī kālaṅkatā …pe… asoko nāma, bhante, upāsako kālaṅkato …pe… asokā nāma, bhante, upāsikā kālaṅkatā; tassā gati, ko abhisamparāyo”ti?

“Asoko, ānanda, bhikkhu kālaṅkato āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihāsi …pe…

(purimaveyyākaraṇena ekanidānaṁ.)

Ayaṁ kho so, ānanda, dhammādāso dhammapariyāyo; yena samannāgato ariyasāvako ākaṅkhamāno attanāva attānaṁ byākareyya: ‘khīṇanirayomhi khīṇatiracchānayoni khīṇapettivisayo khīṇāpāyaduggativinipāto, sotāpannohamasmi avinipātadhammo niyato sambodhiparāyaṇo’”ti.

Navamaṁ.

Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).

Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

Ānanda said to the Buddha:

“asoko nāma, bhante, bhikkhu kālaṅkato;

“Sir, the monk named Asoka has passed away.

tassa gati, ko abhisamparāyo?

Where has he been reborn in his next life?

Asokā nāma, bhante, bhikkhunī kālaṅkatā …pe…

The nun named Asokā,

asoko nāma, bhante, upāsako kālaṅkato …pe…

the layman named Asoka,

asokā nāma, bhante, upāsikā kālaṅkatā;

and the laywoman named Asokā have passed away.

tassā gati, ko abhisamparāyo”ti?

Where have they been reborn in the next life?”

“Asoko, ānanda, bhikkhu kālaṅkato āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihāsi …pe…

“Ānanda, the monk Asoka passed away having realized the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom in this very life …

(purimaveyyākaraṇena ekanidānaṁ.)

(And all is explained as in SN 55.8.)

Ayaṁ kho so, ānanda, dhammādāso dhammapariyāyo;

This is that mirror of the teaching.

yena samannāgato ariyasāvako ākaṅkhamāno attanāva attānaṁ byākareyya:

A noble disciple who has this may declare of themselves:

‘khīṇanirayomhi khīṇatiracchānayoni khīṇapettivisayo khīṇāpāyaduggativinipāto, sotāpannohamasmi avinipātadhammo niyato sambodhiparāyaṇo’”ti.

‘I’ve finished with rebirth in hell, the animal realm, and the ghost realm. I’ve finished with all places of loss, bad places, the underworld. I am a stream-enterer! I’m not liable to be reborn in the underworld, and am assured, destined for awakening.’”

Navamaṁ.

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Harm

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Also known as: injury causing behavior, destructiveness, bad, evil
Pāli: pāpaka
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Liberation

Liberation

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Also known as: freedom, release, emancipation, deliverance
Pāli: vimutti, vimokkha, cetovimutti, paññāvimutti, akuppā cetovimutti
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Wisdom

Wisdom

Lived understanding and sound judgment that steers the mind away from suffering, distinct from mere accumulation of facts.

Also known as: (of a person) wise, astute, intelligent, learned, skilled, firm, stable, steadfast, an experiential understanding of the four noble truths
Pāli: paññā, medhā, dhīra, paṇḍita, asammūḷha
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Last updated on July 27, 2026