Saṁyutta Nikāya — Discursos Conectados — 1.5 — Cut How Many?

1At Sāvatthī.

2Standing to one side, that deity spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:

3“Cut how many? Drop how many?
Develop how many more?
When a mendicant slips how many chains
are they said to have crossed the flood?”

4“Five to cut, five to drop,
and five more to develop.
When a mendicant slips five chains
they’re said to have crossed the flood.”