Saṁyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
45. Magga Saṁyutta
4. Paṭipatti Vagga

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

Sutta 37

Paṭhama Brahmañña Suttaṁ

Brahminhood (1)

Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi

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[1][pts] At Sāvatthī.

"Bhikkhus, I will teach you brahminhood and the fruits of brahminhood.

Listen to that....

"And what, bhikkhus, is brahminhood?

It is this Noble Eightfold Path; that is, right view ... right concentration.

This is called brahminhood.

"And what, bhikkhus, are the fruits of brahminhood?

The fruit of stream-entry, the fruit of once-returning, the fruit of nonreturning, the fruit of arahantship.

These are called the fruits of brahminhood."