Homage to the Blessed One, the Worthy One, the Perfectly Enlightened One

Canon of the Higher Teaching

Designation of Individuals

The Matrix

1.

Grouping of the Ones

1. There are six descriptions - the description of aggregates, the description of sense bases, the description of elements, the description of truths, the description of faculties, and the description of persons.

2. In what way is there the description of aggregates? As far as the five aggregates - the aggregate of matter, the aggregate of feeling, the aggregate of perception, the aggregate of mental activities, the aggregate of consciousness; in this way is the description of aggregates.

3. In what way is there the description of sense bases? As far as the twelve sense bases - the eye sense base, the visible form sense base, the ear sense base, the sound sense base, the nose sense base, the odour sense base, the tongue sense base, the flavour sense base, the body sense base, the touch sense base, the mind sense base, the mind-object sense base; in this way is the description of sense bases.

4. In what way is there the description of elements? As far as the eighteen elements - eye-element, material element, eye-consciousness element, ear-element, sound element, ear-consciousness element, nose element, odour element, nose-consciousness element, tongue-element, flavour element, tongue-consciousness element, body element, touch element, body-consciousness element, mind-element, element of phenomena, mind-consciousness element; in this way is the description of elements.

5. In what way is there the description of truths? As far as the four truths - the truth of suffering, the truth of origin, the truth of cessation, the truth of the path; in this way is the description of truths.

6. In what way is there the description of faculties? As far as the twenty-two faculties - the eye-faculty, the ear-faculty, the nose-faculty, the tongue-faculty, the body-faculty, the mind faculty, the femininity faculty, the masculinity faculty, the life faculty, the faculty of pleasantness, the faculty of pain, the pleasure faculty, the faculty of displeasure, the equanimity faculty, the faith faculty, the energy faculty, the mindfulness faculty, the concentration faculty, the wisdom faculty, the faculty of "I shall know the unknown", the faculty of final knowledge, the faculty of one who has final knowledge; in this way is the description of faculties.

7. In what way is there the designation of human types?

(1) Temporarily liberated

(2) Perpetually liberated

(3) One of shakeable nature

(4) One of unshakeable nature

(5) Subject to decline

(6) Not subject to decline

(7) Capable through intention

(8) Capable in protection

(9) Worldling

(10) Change-of-lineage

(11) Restrained by fear

(12) Restrained without fear

(13) Capable of progress

(14) Incapable of progress

(15) Fixed in destination

(16) Unfixed

(17) Practitioner

(18) Established in fruition

(19) One who attains arahantship simultaneously

(20) One who remains for an aeon

(21) Noble one

(22) Ignoble

(23) Trainee

(24) One beyond training

(25) Neither trainee nor one beyond training

(26) Possessor of the threefold true knowledge

(27) Possessor of the six higher knowledges

(28) Perfectly Enlightened One

(29) Enlightened by himself

(30) One liberated in both ways

(31) One liberated by wisdom

(32) Body-witness

(33) One attained to right view

(34) One liberated by faith

(35) Follower of the Teaching

(36) Faith-follower

(37) One with seven rebirths at the utmost

(38) Family-to-family goer

(39) One who has sown the seed of rebirth one last time

(40) Once-returner

(41) Non-returner

(42) Attainer of final nibbāna in the interval

(43) Attainer of final nibbāna after the interval

(44) Attainer of final nibbāna without exertion

(45) Attainer of final nibbāna through exertion

(46) Upstream-goer towards the divine world Akaniṭṭha

(47) Stream-enterer

(48) One practising for the realisation of the fruition of stream-entry

(49) Once-returner

(50) One practising for the realisation of the fruition of once-returning

(51) Non-returner

(52) One practising for the realisation of the fruition of non-returning

(53) Worthy One

(54) One practising for the realisation of the fruition of arahantship

A unit.

2.

Grouping of theTwos

8. Two persons -

(1) One prone to wrath and one bearing resentment.

(2) One who depreciates another's worth and one who is spiteful.

(3) One who is envious and one who is stingy.

(4) One who is fraudulent and one who is deceitful.

(5) One who is shameless and one without moral fear.

(6) One who is difficult to admonish and one who has evil friends.

(7) One with unguarded doors in the sense faculties and one immoderate in food.

(8) One who is unmindful and one who is not fully aware.

(9) One failing in morality and one failing in view.

(10) One with internal fetters and one with external fetters.

(11) One without wrath and one without resentment.

(12) One without depreciation and one without spite.

(13) One without envy and one without stinginess.

(14) One not fraudulent and one not deceitful.

(15) One with shame and one with moral fear.

(16) One easy to admonish and one with good friends.

(17) One with guarded doors in the sense faculties and one moderate in food.

(18) One who is mindful and one who is fully aware.

(19) One accomplished in morality and one accomplished in right view.

(20) Two persons are rare in the world.

(21) Two persons are hard to satisfy.

(22) Two persons are easily satisfied.

(23) For two persons mental corruptions grow.

(24) For two persons mental corruptions do not grow.

(25) One inclined to the inferior and one inclined to the sublime.

(26) One who is satisfied and one who satisfies.

A dyad.

3.

Grouping of theThrees

9. Three persons -

(1) The desireless, the hopeful, and the one free from desire.

(2) Three persons like the sick.

(3) A body-witness, one attained to right view, one liberated by faith.

(4) One of foul speech, one of flower-like speech, one of honey-like speech.

(5) The person with a mind like a sore, the person with a mind like lightning, the person with a mind like a diamond.

(6) The blind, the one-eyed, the two-eyed.

(7) The person of overturned wisdom, the person of lap-like wisdom, the person of broad wisdom.

(8) A certain person is not free from lust towards sensual pleasures and existences, a certain person is free from lust towards sensual pleasures but not free from lust towards existences, a certain person is free from lust towards both sensual pleasures and existences.

(9) The person like an inscription on rock, the person like an inscription on earth, the person like an inscription on water.

(10) Three persons like coarse cloth.

(11) Three persons like Kāsi cloth.

(12) The easily measured, the difficult to measure, the immeasurable.

(13) A certain person should not be associated with, should not be kept company with, should not be attended upon; a certain person should be associated with, should be kept company with, should be attended upon; a certain person, having honoured and respected, should be associated with, should be kept company with, should be attended upon.

(14) A certain person should be shunned, should not be associated with, should not be kept company with, should not be attended upon; a certain person should be looked upon with indifference, should not be associated with, should not be kept company with, should not be attended upon; a certain person should be associated with, should be kept company with, should be attended upon.

(15) A certain person is one who fulfils morality, one who practises to a moderate degree in concentration, one who practises to a moderate degree in wisdom; a certain person is one who fulfils morality and one who fulfils concentration, one who practises to a moderate degree in wisdom; a certain person is one who fulfils morality and one who fulfils concentration and one who fulfils wisdom.

(16) Three teachers.

(17) There are also another three teachers.

A triad.

4.

Grouping of the Fours

10. Four persons -

(1) A bad person, one worse than a bad person, a good person, one better than a good person.

(2) An evil one, one more evil than the evil one, a good one, one more good than the good one.

(3) One of bad character, one of worse character than one of bad character, one of good character, one of better character than one of good character.

(4) The blameworthy, the one abounding in faults, the one of little fault, the faultless.

(5) One who understands quickly, one who understands through elaboration, one who needs to be guided, one for whom the word is the maximum.

(6) One with proper discernment, not with fluent discernment; one with fluent discernment, not with proper discernment; one with both proper discernment and fluent discernment; one with neither proper discernment nor fluent discernment.

(7) Four persons who are speakers of the Teaching.

(8) Four persons similar to rain clouds.

(9) Four persons similar to mice.

(10) Four persons similar to mangoes.

(11) Four persons similar to water-pots.

(12) Four persons similar to lakes.

(13) Four persons similar to oxen.

(14) Four persons similar to venomous snakes.

(15) A certain person, without investigating and without scrutinising, praises one who deserves dispraise; a certain person, without investigating and without scrutinising, dispraises one who deserves praise; a certain person, without investigating and without scrutinising, displays confidence in a matter not inspiring confidence; a certain person, without investigating and without scrutinising, displays distrust in a matter inspiring confidence.

(16) A certain person, having investigated and scrutinised, dispraises one who deserves dispraise; a certain person, having investigated and scrutinised, praises one who deserves praise; a certain person, having investigated and scrutinised, displays distrust in a matter not inspiring confidence; a certain person, having investigated and scrutinised, displays confidence in a matter inspiring confidence.

(17) A certain person speaks dispraise of one who deserves dispraise, factual and true, at the right time, but does not speak praise of one who deserves praise, factual and true, at the right time; a certain person speaks praise of one who deserves praise, factual and true, at the right time, but does not speak dispraise of one who deserves dispraise, factual and true, at the right time; a certain person speaks dispraise of one who deserves dispraise, factual and true, at the right time; and speaks praise of one who deserves praise, factual and true, at the right time; a certain person neither speaks dispraise of one who deserves dispraise, factual and true, at the right time, nor speaks praise of one who deserves praise, factual and true, at the right time.

(18) One who lives on the fruit of work but not on the fruit of merit, one who lives on the fruit of merit but not on the fruit of work, one who lives on both the fruit of work and the fruit of merit, one who lives on neither the fruit of work nor the fruit of merit.

(19) Darkness heading for darkness, darkness heading for light, light heading for darkness, light heading for light.

(20) The low to low, the low to high, the high to low, the high to high.

(21) Four persons similar to trees.

(22) One who measures by appearance and is pleased by appearance, one who measures by sound and is pleased by sound.

(23) One who measures by austerity and is pleased by austerity, one who measures by the teaching and is pleased by the teaching.

(24) A certain person is practising for personal welfare, not for the welfare of others; a certain person is practising for the welfare of others, not for personal welfare; a certain person is practising both for personal welfare and for the welfare of others; a certain person is practising neither for personal welfare nor for the welfare of others.

(25) A certain person is self-mortifying, devoted to the pursuit of self-mortification; a certain person is other-mortifying, devoted to the pursuit of mortifying others; a certain person is both self-mortifying, devoted to the pursuit of self-mortification, and other-mortifying, devoted to the pursuit of mortifying others; a certain person is neither self-mortifying nor devoted to the pursuit of self-mortification, nor other-mortifying nor devoted to the pursuit of mortifying others. He, being neither self-mortifying nor other-mortifying, in this very life dwells without hunger, quenched, become cool, experiencing happiness, with a self become divine.

(26) With lust, with hate, with delusion, with conceit.

(27) A certain person is an obtainer of internal serenity of mind, but not an obtainer of insight into phenomena through higher wisdom; a certain person is an obtainer of insight into phenomena through higher wisdom, but not an obtainer of internal serenity of mind; a certain person is both an obtainer of internal serenity of mind and an obtainer of insight into phenomena through higher wisdom; a certain person is neither an obtainer of internal serenity of mind nor an obtainer of insight into phenomena through higher wisdom.

(28) One who goes along with the stream, one who goes against the stream, one of established self, one who has crossed over, gone beyond, the brahmin stands on dry ground.

(29) One of little learning not possessed of learning, one of little learning possessed of learning, one very learned not possessed of learning, one very learned possessed of learning.

(30) The unshakeable ascetic, the lotus ascetic, the white lotus ascetic, the delicate ascetic among ascetics.

A tetrad.

5.

Grouping of the Fives

11. Five persons -

(1) A certain person commits violations and is remorseful, and does not understand as it really is that liberation of mind and liberation by wisdom where those arisen evil unwholesome mental states cease without remainder. A certain person commits violations but is not remorseful, and does not understand as it really is that liberation of mind and liberation by wisdom where those arisen evil unwholesome mental states cease without remainder. A certain person does not commit violations but is remorseful, and does not understand as it really is that liberation of mind and liberation by wisdom where those arisen evil unwholesome mental states cease without remainder. A certain person does not commit violations and is not remorseful, and does not understand as it really is that liberation of mind and liberation by wisdom where those arisen evil unwholesome mental states cease without remainder. A certain person does not commit violations and is not remorseful, and understands as it really is that liberation of mind and liberation by wisdom where those arisen evil unwholesome mental states cease without remainder.

(2) One who despises after giving, one who despises through living together, one who is credulous, one who is fickle, one who is dull and stupid.

(3) Five persons similar to warriors.

(4) Five almsfood eaters.

(5) Five who refuse food offered later.

(6) Five one-session eaters.

(7) Five wearers of rag-robes.

(8) Five three-robe wearers.

(9) Five forest-dwellers.

(10) Five tree-root dwellers.

(11) Five dwellers in the open air.

(12) Five who remain in a sitting position.

(13) Five who use whatever seat is assigned.

(14) Five cemetery dwellers.

A pentad.

6.

Grouping of the Sixes

12. Six persons -

(1) A certain person by himself awakens to the truths regarding phenomena not heard before, and therein attains omniscience and mastery over the powers. A certain person by himself awakens to the truths regarding phenomena not heard before, but therein does not attain omniscience nor mastery over the powers. A certain person does not by himself awaken to the truths regarding phenomena not heard before, but in this very life makes an end of suffering and attains the perfections of a disciple. A certain person does not by himself awaken to the truths regarding phenomena not heard before, but in this very life makes an end of suffering, and does not attain the perfections of a disciple. A certain person does not by himself awaken to the truths regarding phenomena not heard before, and does not in this very life make an end of suffering, but is a non-returner, one who does not come back to this state of being. A certain person does not by himself awaken to the truths regarding phenomena not heard before, and does not in this very life make an end of suffering, but is one who returns, one who comes back to this state of being.

A set of six.

7.

Grouping of the Sevens

13. Seven persons -

(1) Seven persons like water. Once submerged remains submerged, having emerged sinks down, having emerged remains standing, having emerged sees with insight and looks around, having emerged crosses over, having emerged has gained a foothold, having emerged has crossed over, gone beyond, the brahmin stands on dry ground.

(2) One liberated in both ways, one liberated by wisdom, a body-witness, one attained to right view, one liberated by faith, a follower of the Teaching, a faith-follower.

A set of seven.

8.

Grouping of the Eights

14. Eight persons -

(1) Four persons who are possessors of the path, four persons who are possessors of fruition.

A set of eight.

9.

Grouping of the Nines

15. Nine persons -

(1) The Perfectly Enlightened One, the Paccekabuddha, one liberated in both ways, one liberated by wisdom, a body-witness, one attained to right view, one liberated by faith, a follower of the Teaching, a faith-follower.

A set of nine.

10.

Grouping of the Tens

16. Ten persons -

(1) For five the goal is here, for five the goal is having left here.

A decad.

The Matrix of the Designation of Human Types is finished.