1.1“Cattārome, bhikkhave, puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmiṁ.“Mendicants, these four individuals are found in the world.1.2Katame cattāro?What four?1.3Samaṇamacalo, samaṇapuṇḍarīko, samaṇapadumo, samaṇesu samaṇasukhumālo.The confirmed ascetic, the white lotus ascetic, the pink lotus ascetic, and the delicate ascetic of ascetics.

2.1Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo samaṇamacalo hoti?And how is an individual a confirmed ascetic?2.2Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sekho hoti appattamānaso, anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ patthayamāno viharati.It’s when a mendicant is a trainee who hasn’t achieved their heart’s desire, but lives aspiring to the supreme sanctuary from the yoke.2.3Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo samaṇamacalo hoti.That’s how an individual is a confirmed ascetic.

3.1Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo samaṇapuṇḍarīko hoti?And how is an individual a white lotus ascetic?3.2Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcasu upādānakkhandhesu udayabbayānupassī viharati:It’s when a mendicant meditates observing rise and fall in the five grasping aggregates.3.3‘iti rūpaṁ, iti rūpassa samudayo, iti rūpassa atthaṅgamo;‘Such is form, such is the origin of form, such is the disappearance of form.3.4iti vedanā …pe…Such is feeling …3.5iti saññā …pe…Such is perception …3.6iti saṅkhārā …pe…Such are choices …3.7iti viññāṇaṁ, iti viññāṇassa samudayo, iti viññāṇassa atthaṅgamo’ti;Such is consciousness, such is the origin of consciousness, such is the disappearance of consciousness.’3.8no ca kho aṭṭha vimokkhe kāyena phusitvā viharati.But they don’t have direct meditative experience of the eight liberations.3.9Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo samaṇapuṇḍarīko hoti.That’s how an individual is a white lotus ascetic.

4.1PTS 2.91Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo samaṇapadumo hoti?And how is an individual a pink lotus ascetic?4.2Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcasu upādānakkhandhesu udayabbayānupassī viharati:It’s when a mendicant meditates observing rise and fall in the five grasping aggregates.4.3‘iti rūpaṁ, iti rūpassa samudayo, iti rūpassa atthaṅgamo;‘Such is form, such is the origin of form, such is the disappearance of form.4.4iti vedanā …pe…Such is feeling …4.5iti saññā …pe…Such is perception …4.6iti saṅkhārā …pe…Such are choices …4.7iti viññāṇaṁ, iti viññāṇassa samudayo, iti viññāṇassa atthaṅgamo’ti;Such is consciousness, such is the origin of consciousness, such is the disappearance of consciousness.’4.8aṭṭha ca vimokkhe kāyena phusitvā viharati.And they have direct meditative experience of the eight liberations.4.9Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo samaṇapadumo hoti.That’s how an individual is a pink lotus ascetic.

5.1Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo samaṇesu samaṇasukhumālo hoti?And how is an individual a delicate ascetic of ascetics?5.2Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu yācitova bahulaṁ cīvaraṁ paribhuñjati, appaṁ ayācito …pe… mameva taṁ, bhikkhave, sammā vadamāno vadeyya samaṇesu samaṇasukhumāloti.It’s when a mendicant usually uses only what they’ve been invited to accept … And if anyone should be rightly called a delicate ascetic of ascetics, it’s me.

5.3Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmin”ti.These are the four individuals found in the world.”

5.4Dasamaṁ.

5.5Macalavaggo catuttho.

6.0Tassuddānaṁ

6.1Pāṇātipāto ca musā,6.2avaṇṇakodhatamoṇatā;6.3Putto saṁyojanañceva,6.4diṭṭhi khandhena te dasāti.