Saṁyojana sutta: 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.”