Numbered Discourses 6.65

1. A God

The Fruit of Non-Return

“Mendicants, without giving up six things you can’t realize the fruit of non-return.

What six?

Lack of faith, conscience, and prudence; laziness, unmindfulness, and witlessness.

Without giving up these six things you can’t realize the fruit of non-return.

After giving up six things you can realize the fruit of non-return.

What six?

Lack of faith, conscience, and prudence; laziness, unmindfulness, and witlessness.

After giving up these six things you can realize the fruit of non-return.”