Aṅguttara Nikāya
Navaka Nipāta
Sutta 10
Ābuneyya-Puggala Suttaɱ
Worthy of Honour
Translated from the Pali
by Sister Upalavanna
Bhikkhus, these nine great beings are worthy of honour, hospitality, gifts, and veneration with clasped hands, the incomparable field of merit for the world.
What nine?
The noble one, the one come to the path to become noble, the non-returner, the one come to the path of realizing non-returning, the once returner, the one come to the path of realizing once returning, the stream enterer, the one come to the path of realizing stream entry and the one come to lineage. Bhikkhus, these nine great beings are worthy of honour, hospitality, gifts, and veneration with clasped hands, the incomparable field of merit for the world.
