Numbered Discourses 9.9

1. Awakening

Individuals

“Mendicants, these nine individuals are found in the world.

What nine?

The perfected one and the one practicing for perfection. The non-returner and the one practicing to realize the fruit of non-return. The once-returner and the one practicing to realize the fruit of once-return. The stream-enterer and the one practicing to realize the fruit of stream-entry. And the ordinary person.

These are the nine individuals found in the world.”