Not given — continuing directly from SN 55.13's own setting
Speaker
The Buddha (implied)
Form
A single, bare restatement of the four factors
Length
<1 minute to read
Northern parallel
No individual parallel confirmed by this project's own check
Significance
★★ — brief, but confirmed by direct comparison to frame the four factors by their own psychological effect rather than the usual stream-enterer label
Why this discourse
Confirmed by direct reading, this discourse restates the four factors once more, but closes with a genuinely different description from this saṃyutta's own recurring “stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld” formula: here, a noble disciple who has these four things “has gone beyond all fear of being reborn in a bad place” — naming the psychological freedom the attainment brings, not only its own technical classification.
Reading guide
A different closing description, confirmed by comparison
This project's own direct comparison: where SN 55.2, 55.4, 55.11, and others close with the “stream-enterer…destined for awakening” formula, this discourse instead names the emotional and psychological consequence directly — “gone beyond all fear” — a variation in framing, not in the underlying content of the four factors themselves.
Key terms
sabbaso duggatibhayaṁ samatikkanto — “has gone beyond all fear of being reborn in a bad place” — this discourse's own distinctive closing description
duggati — “bad place” — a general term for any unfavorable rebirth destination
aveccappasāda — “experiential confidence” — the shared term for confidence in the Buddha, teaching, and Saṅgha, unchanged from SN 55.2
ariyakantehi sīlehi samannāgato — “has the ethical conduct loved by the noble ones” — the fourth factor, restated identically here
bhaya — “fear” — this discourse's own key term, naming what the four factors are said to remove entirely
The text
Every genuinely translated fragment given in the consulted English source. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1“Mendicants, a noble disciple who has four things has gone beyond all fear of being reborn in a bad place. What four? It’s when a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the Buddha … the teaching … the Saṅgha … And they have the ethical conduct loved by the noble ones … leading to immersion. A noble disciple who has these four things has gone beyond all fear of being reborn in a bad place.”
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Self-check quiz
3 questions. Click an answer to see immediate feedback. No score is recorded — this is for your own checking.
Question 1 of 3
What does this discourse name as the consequence of having the four factors, differing from this saṃyutta's own usual closing formula?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct reading and comparison — a genuinely different framing of the identical four factors.
Question 2 of 3
Does this discourse change the content of the four factors themselves?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct comparison — a variation in framing, not in underlying content.
Question 3 of 3
What does "duggati" mean, as used in this discourse's own title and closing line?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct reading — a general term, not limited to one specific destination.
