Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c14.682

v1.c14.682

Gihi Sutta.—On one occasion, when Anāthapiṇḍika comes to see the Buddha, the Buddha tells Sāriputta of the four kinds of clear consciousness (ābhicetasikadhammā) which come to the pious lay devotee who guards the five precepts—viz., unwavering faith in the Buddha, Dhamma and Saṅgha, and the possession of Ariyan virtues. To him comes also the confidence that he is free from birth in a Niraya, among beasts or petas or in unhappy states, and that he is a sotāpanna.¹