[I: The First Teachings]
[10: Further Attainments]
Then the venerable Aññā Koṇḍañña, having seen the Dhamma, attained the Dhamma, understood the Dhamma, penetrated the Dhamma, crossed over uncertainty, being without doubts, having attained full confidence, having become independent of others in the Teacher’s teaching, said this to the Fortunate One: “May I receive the going-forth, venerable Sir, in the presence of the Fortunate One, may I receive the full ordination.”
“Come, monk,” said the Fortunate One, “the Dhamma has been well-proclaimed, live the spiritual life for the complete ending of suffering.” That was this venerable one’s full ordination. He is therefore the first monk is the dispensation, and was ordained with the
Then the Fortunate One gave advice and instruction with a Dhamma talk to the remaining monks. Then to the venerable Vappa and to the venerable Bhaddiya as the Fortunate One gave advice and instruction with a Dhamma talk the dust-free, stainless, Vision-of-the-Dhamma arose:
“Whatever has the nature of arising, all that has the nature of ceasing.”
They, having seen the Dhamma, attained the Dhamma, According to the commentary and Jā Nid Vappa attained on the first day after Vesākha, and Bhaddiya on the second, but it is hard to reconcile this with the text which treats them both together. There is a similar problem with Mahānāma and Assaji below, who are said by the commentary to have attained on the third and fourth days of the waning moon. That they were ordained in pairs strongly suggests that they attained at the same time. understood the Dhamma, penetrated the Dhamma, crossed over uncertainty, being without doubts, having attained full confidence, having become independent of others in the Teacher’s teaching, said this to the Fortunate One: “May we receive the going-forth, venerable Sir, in the presence of the Fortunate One, may we receive the full ordination.”
“Come, monks,” said the Fortunate One, “the Dhamma has been well-proclaimed, live the spiritual life for the complete ending of suffering.” That was these venerable ones’ full ordination.
Then the Fortunate One, living on (those two) monks’ food gave advice and instruction with a Dhamma talk to the remaining monks, and the six monks subsisted on whatever, after walking for alms-food, the three monks brought them. Horner takes this line as a quotation meaning this was the instruction and advice he gave them, but I think this misses the point. Then to the venerable Mahānāma and to the venerable Assaji as the Fortunate One gave advice and instruction with a Dhamma talk the dust-free, stainless, Vision-of-the-Dhamma arose:
“Whatever has the nature of arising, all that has the nature of ceasing.”
They, having seen the Dhamma, attained the Dhamma, understood the Dhamma, penetrated the Dhamma, crossed over uncertainty, being without doubts, having attained full confidence, having become independent of others in the Teacher’s teaching, said this to the Fortunate One: “May we receive the going-forth, venerable Sir, in the presence of the Fortunate One, may we receive the full ordination.”
“Come, monks,” said the Fortunate One, “the Dhamma has been well-proclaimed, live the spiritual life for the complete ending of suffering.” That was these venerable ones’ full ordination.