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Catukkanipāta 136

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Numbered Discourses 4.136

14. Individuals

Ethics (1st)

1 “Mendicants, these four individuals are found in the world. What four? One individual has not fulfilled ethics, immersion, or wisdom.

2 One individual has fulfilled ethics, but not immersion or wisdom.

3 One individual has fulfilled ethics and immersion, but not wisdom.

4 One individual has fulfilled ethics, immersion, and wisdom.

These are the four individuals found in the world.”

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Pali Canon of Theravāda Buddhism, Mahāsaṅgīti edition.

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