Terms for the Realized One (AN8.85)

Numbered Discourses 8.85

9. Mindfulness

Terms for the Realized One

“‘Ascetic’ is a term for the Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha.

‘Brahmin’,

‘Knowledge Master’,

‘Healer’,

‘Unstained’,

‘Immaculate’,

‘Knower’,

and ‘Freed’ are terms for the Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha.

The supreme should be attained by an ascetic,

a brahmin who has lived the life;

it should be attained by a knowledge master,

a healer.

The supreme should be attained by the unstained,

stainless and pure;

it should be attained by a knower,

who is free.

I am victorious in battle!

Released, I release others from their chains.

I am a giant completely tamed,

an adept, I am quenched.”