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The Book of the Sixes
The Book of the Sixes

120(4)-139(23)Bhallika,Etc.

Author: Bhikkhu Bodhi @ IAPT

120(4)-139(23)Bhallika,Etc.

"Bhikkhus,possessing six qualities,the householder Bhallika...the householder Sudatta Anathapindika...the householder Citta of Macchikasanda...the householder Hatthaka of Alavi...the householder Mahānāma the Sakyan...thehouseholder Ugga of Vesali...the householder Uggata...the householder Sūra of Ambattha...the householder JivakaKomārabhacca...the householder Nakulapitā..the householder Tavakannika...the householder Pūrana...the householder Isidatta...the householder Sandhāna...the householder Vijaya...the householder Vajjiyamāhita...the householder Mendaka...the lay follower Vasettha...the lay follower Arittha...the lay follower Saragga has reached certainty about the Tathāgata and become a seer of the deathless,one who lives having realized the deathless.
What six?
Unwavering confidence in the Buddha,unwavering confidence in the Dhamma,unwavering confidence in the Sangha,noble virtuous behavior,noble knowledge,and noble liberation.
Possessing these six qualities,the householder Saragga has reached certainty about the Tathāgata and become a seer of the deathless,one who lives having realized the deathless."