← Saṃyutta NikāyaSN12.42Connected Discourses 12.42SuttaCentral (Bhikkhu Sujato translation)Select any verse to keep it — saved passages go to your Dhamma Deck, the same one the app uses.Linked Discourses 12.425. HouseholdersDangers and Threats (2nd)At Sāvatthī.“Mendicants, when a noble disciple has quelled five dangers and threats, has the four factors of stream-entry, and has clearly seen and comprehended the noble system with wisdom, they may, if they wish, declare of themselves:‘I’ve finished with rebirth in hell, the animal realm, and the ghost realm. I’ve finished with all places of loss, bad places, the underworld. I am a stream-enterer! I’m not liable to be reborn in the underworld, and am bound for awakening.’What are the five dangers and threats they have quelled?Killing living creatures …stealing …sexual misconduct …lying …consuming beer, wine, and liquor intoxicants …These are the five dangers and threats they have quelled.What are the four factors of stream-entry that they have?It’s when a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the Buddha …the teaching …the Saṅgha …and their ethical conduct is loved by the noble ones.These are the four factors of stream-entry that they have.And what is the noble system that they have clearly seen and comprehended with wisdom?A noble disciple carefully and rationally applies the mind to dependent origination itself …This is the noble system that they have clearly seen and comprehended with wisdom.When a noble disciple has quelled five dangers and threats, has the four factors of stream-entry, and has clearly seen and comprehended the noble system with wisdom, they may, if they wish, declare of themselves:‘I’ve finished with rebirth in hell, the animal realm, and the ghost realm. I’ve finished with all places of loss, bad places, the underworld. I am a stream-enterer! I’m not liable to be reborn in the underworld, and am bound for awakening.’”