Reading guide
The same threefold lens, a different named result
Confirmed by direct reading, this discourse's own condition is WORD FOR WORD the same threefold lens already met at SN 48.2 (gratification, drawback, escape) — but rather than closing with the stream-entry formula, it closes with “anupādāvimutto” (“freed by not grasping”) and the FULL arahant formula.
The complete arahant formula, spelled out in full
Confirmed by direct reading, this discourse's own closing formula names SEVEN distinct qualities of the arahant in sequence: defilements ended, having completed the spiritual journey, done what had to be done, laid down the burden, achieved the heart's own goal, utterly ended the fetter of continued existence, and rightly freed through enlightenment.
"(1st)" again -- a pattern this project has already confirmed once
This discourse's own title, “Paṭhamaarahanta-sutta” (“A Perfected One, First Version”), is confirmed by direct reading to follow the identical “(1st)” naming pattern this project already confirmed at SN 48.2, where the predicted companion (SN 48.3) turned out to expand the threefold lens to a fivefold one — this project will confirm, not assume, whether the same expansion recurs here.
Key terms
The text
§1“Mendicants, there are these five faculties. What five? The faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom. A noble disciple comes to be freed by not grasping after truly understanding these five faculties’ gratification, drawback, and escape. Such a mendicant is called a perfected one, with defilements ended, who has completed the spiritual journey, done what had to be done, laid down the burden, achieved their heart’s goal, utterly ended the fetter of continued existence, and is rightly freed through enlightenment.”
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