117 (1) Contemplating the Body

“Bhikkhus, without having abandoned six things, one is incapable of contemplating the body in the body. What six? Delight in work, delight in talk, delight in sleep, delight in company, not guarding the doors of the sense faculties, and being immoderate in eating. Without having abandoned these six things, one is incapable of contemplating the body in the body.

“Bhikkhus, having abandoned six things, one is capable of contemplating the body in the body. What six? Delight in work ... being immoderate in eating. Having abandoned these six things, one is capable of contemplating the body in the body.”

118 (2) Contemplating the Body Internally, Etc.

“Bhikkhus, without having abandoned six things, one is incapable of contemplating the body in the body internally ... externally ... both internally and externally ... contemplating feelings in feelings ... internally ... externally ... both internally and externally ... contemplating mind in mind ... internally ... externally ... both internally and externally ... contemplating phenomena in phenomena ... internally ... externally ... both internally and externally. What six? Delight in work, delight in talk, delight in sleep, delight in company, not guarding the doors of the sense faculties, and being immoderate in eating. Without having abandoned these six things, one is incapable of contemplating phenomena in phenomena both internally and externally.

“Bhikkhus, by having abandoned six things, one is capable of contemplating phenomena in phenomena both internally and externally. What six? Delight in work ... being immoderate in eating. By having abandoned these six things, one is capable of contemplating phenomena in phenomena both internally and externally.”

118 (3) Tapussa

“Bhikkhus, possessing six qualities, the householder Tapussa has reached certainty about the Tathāgata and become a seer of the deathless, one who lives having realized the deathless. What six? Unwavering confidence in the Buddha, unwavering confidence in the Dhamma, unwavering confidence in the Saṅgha, noble virtuous behavior, noble knowledge, and noble liberation. Possessing these six qualities, the householder Tapussa has reached certainty about the Tathāgata and become a seer of the deathless, one who lives having realized the deathless.”

120 (4)–139 (23) Bhallika, Etc.

“Bhikkhus, possessing six qualities, the householder Bhallika ... the householder Sudatta Anāthapiṇḍika ... the householder Citta of Macchikāsaṇḍa ... the householder Hatthaka of Āḷavī ... the householder Mahānāma the Sakyan ... the householder Ugga of Vesālī ... the householder Uggata ... the householder Sūra of Ambaṭṭha ... the householder Jīvaka Komārabhacca ... the householder Nakulapitā ... the householder Tavakaṇṇika ... the householder Pūraṇa ... the householder Isidatta ... the householder Sandhāna ... the householder Vijaya ... the householder Vajjīyamāhita ... the householder Meṇḍaka ... the lay follower Vāseṭṭha ... the lay follower Ariṭṭha ... the lay follower Sāragga has reached certainty about the Tathāgata and become a seer of the deathless, one who lives having realized the deathless. What six?

Unwavering confidence in the Buddha, unwavering confidence in the Dhamma, unwavering confidence in the Saṅgha, noble virtuous behavior, noble knowledge, and noble liberation. Possessing these six qualities, the householder Sāragga has reached certainty about the Tathāgata and become a seer of the deathless, one who lives having realized the deathless.”