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A Tathāgata arises in the world and teaches the Dhamma.
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A householder hears the Dhamma, acquires faith in the Tathāgata, and eventually goes forth into homelessness.
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The bhikkhu undertakes the monastic training in virtuous behavior.
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The bhikkhu becomes content with robes and almsfood.
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He practices restraint of the sense faculties.
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He acts with clear comprehension in his activities.
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He resorts to a secluded place, practices mindfulness, and purifies his mind from the five hindrances.
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He enters and dwells successively in the first, second, third and fourth jhānas.
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Having attained the fourth jhāna, when his mind has been concentrated and purified in this way, he directs it to the knowledge of the recollection of past lives.
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When his mind has been concentrated and purified in this way, he directs it to the knowledge of the passing away and rebirth of beings.
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When his mind has been concentrated and purified in this way, he directs it to the knowledge of the destruction of the taints. He understands suffering, its origin its cessation, and the way leading to its cessation. He understands the taints, their origin, their cessation, and the way leading to their cessation.
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When he knows and sees thus, his mind is liberated from the taints, and there comes the knowledge that it is liberated. “He understands, ‘Destroyed is birth, the spiritual life has been lived, what had to be done has been done, there is no more coming back to any state of being.