sn48.49:3.1 “It’s because Bhāradvāja the Alms-Gatherer has developed and cultivated three faculties that he declares enlightenment:
sn48.49:3.2 ‘I understand: “Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place.”’
sn48.49:3.3 What three?
sn48.49:3.4 The faculties of mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom.
sn48.49:3.5 It’s because Bhāradvāja the Alms-Gatherer has developed and cultivated these three faculties that he declares enlightenment.
sn48.49:3.7 What’s the culmination of these three faculties?
sn48.49:3.8 They culminate in ending.
sn48.49:3.9 In the ending of what?
sn48.49:3.10 Of rebirth, old age, and death.
sn48.49:3.11 It’s because he sees that they culminate in the ending of rebirth, old age, and death that Bhāradvāja the Alms-Gatherer declares enlightenment:
sn48.49:3.12 ‘I understand: “Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place.”’”