Ekottaragama (Sanskrit fragments) 31.8.19

31.8.19

「若使比丘！或有沙門、婆羅門明了諸趣，然此趣無本，吾昔未始不行，除一淨居天上不來此世；或復沙門、婆羅門當可所生之處，然我不生者，則非其宜，已生淨居天，不復來此世間。卿等以得賢聖戒律，我亦得之；賢聖三昧，卿等亦得，我亦得之；賢聖智慧，卿等亦得，我亦得之；賢聖解脫，卿等亦得，我亦得之；賢聖解脫知見，卿等亦得，我亦得之；以斷胞胎之根，生死永盡，更不復受胞胎。

“Monks, suppose that either ascetics or priests clearly understand the destinations [of rebirth]. Those destinations still have no origin. There’s none to which I haven’t traveled in the past, except for the Pure Abode Heavens from which beings don’t return to this world. Perhaps, other ascetics or priests were born in that place, but I wasn’t born there. It wouldn’t have been fitting. Once someone is born in the Pure Abode Heavens, they aren’t born in this world again. The noble concentrations that they had attained, I also attained. The noble wisdom that they had attained, I also attained. The noble liberation that they attained, I also attained. The noble liberation of knowing and seeing that they attained, I also attained. I cut the root of the womb and forever ended birth and death. I won’t again be subject to the womb.