Iti 96 · uttaka 96
This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, so I have heard: “Tied by the yoke of sensuality & the yoke of becoming, monks, one is a returner, returning to this state. Untied from the yoke of sensuality but tied by the yoke of becoming, one is a non-returner, not returning to this state. Untied from [both] the yoke of sensuality & from the yoke of becoming, one is an Arahant whose effluents are ended.”
Tied by both
the yoke of sensuality
& the yoke of becoming,
beings go to the wandering-on
leading to birth
& death.
Those who’ve abandoned the sensual
without reaching the ending of effluents,
are tied by the yoke of becoming,
are said to be Non-returners.
While those who’ve cut off doubt
have no more conceit
or further becoming.
They who have reached
the ending of effluents,
while in the world
have gone
beyond.
Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. © 2014 / rev. 2017 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu — released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 licence, for free distribution only. Source: dhammatalks.org (Metta Forest Monastery).
