ABSTRACT

Again, just as the Great Ocean is the abode of great beings-there are such beings in it as whales, sea-serpents, demons, monsters, and tritons, …so too this Dhamma and Discipline is the abode of great beings-there are such beings in it as the Stream-winner and he who has entered on the way to the fruit of Stream-winning, the Oncereturner, and he who has entered on the way to the fruit of Oncereturning; the Non-returner, and he who has entered on the way to the fruit of Non-returning; the Arahant, and he who has entered on the way to the fruit of Arahantship.