Saɱyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
45. Magga Saɱyutta
2. Vihāra Vagga
The Connected Discourses of the Buddha
The Great Book,
Chapter I (45): Connected Discourses on the Path
2: Dwelling
Sutta 16
Paṭhama Parisuddha Suttaɱ
Purified (1)
Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi
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"At Sāvatthī.
"Bhikkhus, these eight things, purified, cleansed, flawless, free from corruptions, if unarisen do not arise apart from the appearance of a Tathāgata, an Arahant, a Perfectly Enlightened One.
What eight?
Right view ... right concentration.
These eight things...."