The Discourse about the Noble Search

[11. The Group-of-Five Monks attain Nibbāna]

Then, monks, the group-of-five monks, while being advised by me, while being instructed, being themselves subject to birth, after understanding the danger in being subject to birth, while seeking the birthless, supreme, secure Nibbāna, attained the birthless, supreme, secure Nibbāna, This was at the conclusion of what is now known as the second discourse of the Buddha, the Anattalakkhaṇasutta, which is not recorded here.

being themselves subject to old-age, after understanding the danger in being subject to old-age, while seeking the ageless, supreme, secure Nibbāna, attained the ageless, supreme, secure Nibbāna,

being themselves subject to sickness, after understanding the danger in being subject to sickness, while seeking the sickless, supreme, secure Nibbāna, attained the sickless, supreme, secure Nibbāna,

being themselves subject to death, after understanding the danger in being subject to death, while seeking the deathless, supreme, secure Nibbāna, attained the deathless, supreme, secure Nibbāna,

being themselves subject to grief, after understanding the danger in being subject to grief, while seeking the griefless, supreme, secure Nibbāna, attained the griefless, supreme, secure Nibbāna,

being themselves subject to defilements, after understanding the danger in being subject to defilements, while seeking the undefiled, supreme, secure Nibbāna, attained the undefiled, supreme, secure Nibbāna.

To them knowledge and insight arose:

Sure is my liberation of mind, BJT and RTE both read Akuppā no vimutti, meaning sure is our liberation of mind, but that certainty arises in regard to one’s own attainment, and not another’s, so I prefer the reading adopted here.
this is my last birth,
now there is no continuation of existence.

last updated: June 2014