Recluses I

1. I heard thus. At one time the Blessed One was living in the monastery offered by Anāthapiṇḍika in Jeta's grove in Sāvatthi.

2. Then venerable Rādha approached the Blessed One, worshipped, and sat on a side.

3. To venerable Rādha seated on a side the Blessed One said:

4. “Rādha, these five are the holding masses. What five? They are the holding masses of matter, feelings, perceptions, intentions, and consciousness.

5. “Rādha, the recluses and Brahmins who do not know the satisfaction, the danger, and the escape from these five holding masses as it really should be, are not my recluses or Brahmins, or they have not come to recluseship or become Brahmins, or would in this life become recluses or Brahmins, having realized it by themselves and would abide.

6. “Rādha, the recluses and Brahmins who know the satisfaction, the danger, and the escape of these five holding masses as it really should be, are my recluses or Brahmins and they have come to recluseship or become Brahmins or would in this life, become recluses or Brahmins having realized by themselves, they would abide.”