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Saṃyutta Nikāya
Indriyasaṃyuttaṃ
Paṭhamapubbārāmasuttaṃ
SN48.45

So I learned. On one occasion the exalted one dwells at the eastern park Migāramātupāsāda, at Sāvatthi. Now there the exalted one addressed the almsmen:

'Okey now, almsmen, from the development, the making much, of how many strengths, the drains barren, an almsmen answers another: 'I know birth is barren, the divine life is fulfilled, done is what ought to be done, no more for the gain of presence'?'

'Our principles are, venerable, rooted in the exalted one, guided by the exalted, have the exalted one as resort. As good custom, venerable, may the exalted one just illuminate the meaning of this spoken. Having learned from the exalted one, the almsmen will retain it.'

'Now, almsmen, from the development, the making much, of one strength, the drains barren, an almsman answers another: 'I know birth is barren, the divine life is fulfilled, done is what ought to be done, no more for the gain of presence.' Of which one? Of the strength of wisdom. From wisdom, for the hearer of what is noble, confirmation is then accordingly settled, vigour is then accordingly settled, recollection is then accordingly settled, concentration is then accordingly settled. Now for this, almsmen, from the development, the making much, of one strength, the drains barren, an almsman answers another 'I know birth is barren, the divine life is fulfilled, done is what ought to be done, no more for the gain of presence.''