Fetters

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

What four?

One individual hasn’t given up the lower fetters, the fetters for getting reborn, or the fetters for getting a continued existence.

One individual has given up the lower fetters, but not the fetters for getting reborn, or the fetters for getting a continued existence.

One individual has given up the lower fetters and the fetters for getting reborn, but not the fetters for getting a continued existence.

One individual has given up the lower fetters, the fetters for getting reborn, and the fetters for getting a continued existence.

What individual hasn’t given up the lower fetters, the fetters for getting reborn, or the fetters for getting a continued existence?

A once-returner.

This is the individual who hasn’t given up the lower fetters, the fetters for getting reborn, or the fetters for getting a continued existence.

What individual has given up the lower fetters, but not the fetters for getting reborn, or the fetters for getting a continued existence?

One heading upstream, going to the Akaniṭṭha realm.

What individual has given up the lower fetters and the fetters for getting reborn, but not the fetters for getting a continued existence?

One extinguished between one life and the next.

What individual has given up the lower fetters, the fetters for getting reborn, and the fetters for getting a continued existence?

A perfected one.

These are the four individuals found in the world.”