Connected Discourses 25.2

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1. Linked Discourses 25.2
2. 1. The Eye
3. Sights
4. At Sāvatthī.
5. “Mendicants, sights are impermanent, decaying, and perishing.
6. Sounds,
7. smells,
8. tastes,
9. touches,
10. and ideas are impermanent, decaying, and perishing.
11. Someone who has faith and confidence in these teachings is called a follower by faith. They’ve arrived at surety in the right way, they’ve arrived at the level of the true person, and they’ve transcended the level of the untrue person.
12. They can’t do any deed which would make them be reborn in hell, the animal realm, or the ghost realm.
13. They can’t die without realizing the fruit of stream-entry.
14. Someone who accepts these teachings after deliberating them with a degree of wisdom is called a follower of teachings. They’ve arrived at surety in the right way, they’ve arrived at the level of the true person, and they’ve transcended the level of the untrue person.
15. They can’t do any deed which would make them be reborn in hell, the animal realm, or the ghost realm.
16. They can’t die without realizing the fruit of stream-entry.
17. Someone who understands and sees these principles is called
18. a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, bound for awakening.”