AN 4.131 — Fetters

“Mendicants, these four individuals are found in the world. What four? One individual hasn’t given up the lower fetters, the fetters for getting reborn, or the fetters for getting a continued existence. One individual has given up the lower fetters, but not the fetters for getting reborn, or the fetters for getting a continued existence. One individual has given up the lower fetters and the fetters for getting reborn, but not the fetters for getting a continued existence. One individual has given up the lower fetters, the fetters for getting reborn, and the fetters for getting a continued existence. What individual hasn’t given up the lower fetters, the fetters for getting reborn, or the fetters for getting a continued existence? A once-returner. This is the individual who hasn’t given up the lower fetters, the fetters for getting reborn, or the fetters for getting a continued existence. What individual has given up the lower fetters, but not the fetters for getting reborn, or the fetters for getting a continued existence? One heading upstream, going to the Akaniṭṭha realm. What individual has given up the lower fetters and the fetters for getting reborn, but not the fetters for getting a continued existence? One extinguished between one life and the next. What individual has given up the lower fetters, the fetters for getting reborn, and the fetters for getting a continued existence? A perfected one. These are the four individuals found in the world.”