Saṁyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
45. Magga Saṁyutta
2. Vihāra Vagga

The Connected Discourses of the Buddha
The Great Book,
Chapter I (45): Connected Discourses on the Path
2: Dwelling

Sutta 16

Paṭhama Parisuddha Suttaṁ

Purified (1)

Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi

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[1][pts] Thus have I heard.

"At Sāvatthī.

"Bhikkhus, these eight things, purified, cleansed, flawless, free from corruptions, if unarisen do not arise apart from the appearance of a Tathāgata, an Arahant, a Perfectly Enlightened One.

What eight?

Right view ... right concentration.

These eight things...."