SN 1.5 — Cut How Many?

At Sāvatthī. Standing to one side, that deity spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence: “Cut how many? Drop how many? Develop how many more? When a mendicant slips how many chains are they said to have crossed the flood?” “Five to cut, five to drop, and five more to develop. When a mendicant slips five chains they’re said to have crossed the flood.”