The Teacher

Translated from the Pali by E.M. Hare.

[1] Thus have I heard:

Once the Exalted One was dwelling near Sāvatthī,
at Jeta Grove,
in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park.

There the Exalted One addressed the monks, saying:

"Monks."

"Yes, lord," they replied,
and the Exalted One said:

"Monks, there are these six occasions which cannot become.

What six?

One who has achieved right view
cannot become one who will live without respect,
without regard,
for the Teacher,

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one who has achieved right view
cannot become one who will live without respect,
without regard,
for the Dhamma,

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one who has achieved right view
cannot become one who will live without respect,
without regard,
for the the Order,

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one who has achieved right view
cannot become one who will live without respect,
without regard,
for the the training;

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one who has achieved right view
cannot become one who will fall back on the view:
"Nothing matters,'^[1]

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one who has achieved right view
cannot become one who will beget the eighth state of becoming.^[2]

Verily, monks, these are the six occasions which cannot become.'

^[1] Anāgamaniyaṃ vatthuṃ paccāgantuṃ. Comy. guilty dread and (the sixty-two) heretical views; see above V, § 147; A. i, 27.

^[2] Aṭṭhamaṃ bhavaṃ. Comy. kāmāvacare aṭṭhamaṃ paṭisandhiṃ.