Itivuttaka 103.3.2

103.3.2

te kho me, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā samaṇesu ceva samaṇasammatā brāhmaṇesu ca brāhmaṇasammatā, te ca panāyasmanto sāmaññatthañca brahmaññatthañca diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharantī”ti.

‘But whatsoever devotees or brahmans there are, O monks, that do not correctly comprehend that “This is Misery” and likewise that “This is its Origin, its Cessation, and the Way that leadeth to its Cessation”—mine in truth, O monks, are those devotees and brahmans, and they are, moreover, esteemed as devotees and brahmans among those that are devotees and brahmans, and, when old, live, having known by themselves face to face and having attained in (this) seen world the objective of devotees and the objective of brahmans.’