1"Bhikkhus, those for whom you have compassion and who think you should be heeded— whether friends or colleagues, relatives or kinsmen— these you should exhort, settle, and establish in the four factors of stream-entry.

"What four? You should exhort, settle, and establish them in confirmed confidence in the Buddha thus: ‘The Blessed One is an arahant, perfectly enlightened, accomplished in true knowledge and conduct, fortunate, knower of the world, unsurpassed leader of persons to be tamed, teacher of devas and humans, the Enlightened One, the Blessed One.’

2"Bhikkhus, there may be alteration in the four great elements— in the earth element, the water element, the heat element, the air element— but there cannot be alteration in the noble disciple who possesses confirmed confidence in the Buddha.

Therein this is alteration: that the noble disciple who possesses confirmed confidence in the Buddha might be reborn in hell, in the animal realm, or in the domain of ghosts. This is impossible.

You should exhort, settle, and establish them in confirmed confidence in the Dhamma thus: ‘The Dhamma is well expounded by the Blessed One, directly visible, immediate, inviting one to come and see, applicable, to be personally experienced by the wise.’

There may be alteration in the four great elements … but there cannot be alteration in the noble disciple who possesses confirmed confidence in the Dhamma.

Therein this is alteration: that the noble disciple who possesses confirmed confidence in the Dhamma might be reborn in hell, in the animal realm, or in the domain of ghosts. This is impossible.

You should exhort, settle, and establish them in confirmed confidence in the Saṅgha thus: ‘The Saṅgha of the Blessed One's disciples is practising the good way, practising the straight way, practising the true way, practising the proper way; that is, the four pairs of persons, the eight types of individuals— this Saṅgha of the Blessed One's disciples is worthy of gifts, worthy of hospitality, worthy of offerings, worthy of reverential salutation, the unsurpassed field of merit for the world.’

There may be alteration in the four great elements … but there cannot be alteration in the noble disciple who possesses confirmed confidence in the Saṅgha.

Therein this is alteration: that the noble disciple who possesses confirmed confidence in the Saṅgha might be reborn in hell, in the animal realm, or in the domain of ghosts. This is impossible.

You should exhort, settle, and establish them in the virtues dear to the noble ones— unbroken, untorn, unblemished, unmottled, freeing, praised by the wise, ungrasped, leading to concentration.

"Bhikkhus, there may be alteration in the four great elements … but there cannot be sn.v.366 alteration in the noble disciple who possesses the virtues dear to the noble ones.

Therein this is alteration: that the noble disciple who possesses the virtues dear to the noble ones might be reborn in hell, in the animal realm, or in the domain of ghosts. This is impossible.

"Those for whom you have compassion and who think you should be heeded— whether friends or colleagues, relatives or kinsmen— these you should exhort, settle, and establish in these four factors of stream-entry."

1"Ye te, bhikkhave, anukampeyyātha, ye ca sotabbaṁ maññeyyuṁ – mittā vā amaccā vā ñātī vā sālohitā vā – te, bhikkhave, catūsu sotāpattiyaṅgesu samādapetabbā, nivesetabbā, patiṭṭhāpetabbā.

Katamesu catūsu? Buddhe aveccappasāde samādapetabbā, nivesetabbā, patiṭṭhāpetabbā – itipi so bhagavā … pe … satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavāti.

2Siyā, bhikkhave, catunnaṁ mahābhūtānaṁ aññathattaṁ – pathavīdhātuyā, āpodhātuyā, tejodhātuyā, vāyodhātuyā – na tveva buddhe aveccappasādena samannāgatassa ariyasāvakassa siyā aññathattaṁ.

Tatridaṁ aññathattaṁ – so vata buddhe aveccappasādena samannāgato ariyasāvako nirayaṁ vā tiracchānayoniṁ vā pettivisayaṁ vā upapajjissatī"ti – netaṁ ṭhānaṁ vijjati.

"Dhamme … pe …

saṅghe … pe …

ariyakantesu sīlesu samādapetabbā, nivesetabbā, patiṭṭhāpetabbā akhaṇḍesu … pe … samādhisaṁvattanikesu.

Siyā, bhikkhave, catunnaṁ mahābhūtānaṁ aññathattaṁ – pathavīdhātuyā, āpodhātuyā, tejodhātuyā, vāyodhātuyā – na tveva ariyakantehi sīlehi samannāgatassa ariyasāvakassa siyā aññathattaṁ.

Tatridaṁ aññathattaṁ – so vata ariyakantehi sīlehi samannāgato ariyasāvako nirayaṁ vā tiracchānayoniṁ vā pettivisayaṁ vā upapajjissatīti – netaṁ ṭhānaṁ vijjati.

Ye te, bhikkhave, anukampeyyātha, ye ca sotabbaṁ maññeyyuṁ – mittā vā amaccā vā ñātī vā sālohitā vā – te, bhikkhave, imesu catūsu sotāpattiyaṅgesu samādapetabbā, nivesetabbā, patiṭṭhāpetabbā"ti.

Sattamaṁ.