“Householder, you may wonder how the Thus-Gone One correctly understands the knowledge of what is possible. Householder, this is how the Thus-Gone One knows it. It is possible and feasible that the ripening of negative physical actions is undesirable, repulsive, and unpleasant. It is also possible and feasible that the ripening of negative verbal actions and negative mental actions is undesirable, repulsive, and unpleasant. It is also possible and feasible that by committing negative physical acts, after the body decays and one dies, one will fall into the sad destinies of the lower realms and take birth in the hells. It is also possible and feasible that when negative verbal acts and negative mental acts ripen, after the body decays and one dies, one will fall into the sad destinies of the lower realms and take birth in the hells. It is also possible and feasible that the ripening of positive physical actions is desirable, beautiful, and pleasant. It is also possible and feasible that the ripening of positive verbal actions and positive mental actions creates something desirable, beautiful, and pleasant. It is also possible and feasible that by committing positive physical acts, after the body disintegrates and one dies, one will take birth into the joyful destinies of the higher realms. It is also possible and feasible that by committing positive verbal acts and positive mental acts, after the body disintegrates and one dies, one will take birth into the joyful destinies of the higher realms. It is also possible and feasible that some people willingly end the life of their mother. It is also possible and feasible that some people willingly end the life of their father. It is also possible and feasible that some people willingly end the life of the worthy hearers of the Thus-Gone One. It is also possible and feasible that some people cause a schism in the community of the hearers. It is also possible and feasible that some people with evil intentions draw blood from the body of the Thus-Gone One. It is also possible and feasible that some common people adopt the views of extremists as taught by non-Buddhist teachers and engage in their practices. In this way, seeking purification, they apply themselves to this training because of perceiving many benefits and auspicious qualities in such religious practitioners and brahmins. Then, having turned to what those ascetics and brahmins have taught, they say to others, ‘You must meet this venerable teacher! You have to understand this view!’ It is also possible and feasible that some people obtain the eight human existences. It is also possible and feasible that a man can become Brahmā, Māra, or a brahmin. It is also possible and feasible that a man can become a universal monarch. It is also possible and feasible that a man can become a thus-gone, worthy, perfect buddha. It is also possible and feasible that only one thus-gone one appears within a single world. Householder, this is how the Thus-Gone One correctly understands the knowledge of what is possible.

“Householder, moreover, the Thus-Gone One correctly understands the knowledge of the state of all beings. He knows which person is a vessel for the teachings of the buddhas, which person is a vessel for the teachings of the solitary buddhas, and which person is a vessel for the teachings of the hearers. Householder, in this way, the Thus-Gone One correctly understands the knowledge of what is possible. When the Thus-Gone One is asked about the knowledge of what is possible, he can respond for an eon. He can respond for one hundred eons, or one thousand eons, or one hundred thousand eons, or one million eons, or ten million eons, or a quadrillion eons, or one hundred quadrillion eons, or an immeasurable number of eons. He can reply for innumerable, inconceivable, incomparable, immeasurable, and inexpressible eons. He can reply for an immeasurable number of immeasurable eons, and an immeasurable number of innumerable eons, and an immeasurable number of inconceivable eons, and an immeasurable number of incomparable eons, and an immeasurable number of inestimable eons, and an immeasurable number of inexpressible eons. He can respond for an immeasurable number of innumerable eons, and an innumerable number of innumerable eons, and an inconceivable number of innumerable eons, and an incomparable number of innumerable eons, and an inestimable number of innumerable eons, and an inexpressible number of innumerable eons; and an immeasurable number of inconceivable eons, and an innumerable and inconceivable number of inconceivable eons, and an incomparable number of inconceivable eons, and an inestimable number of inconceivable eons; and an immeasurable number of incomparable eons, and an innumerable number of incomparable eons, and an inconceivable number of incomparable eons, and an incomparable number of incomparable eons, and an inestimable number of incomparable eons, and an inexpressible number of incomparable eons, and an immeasurable number of incomparable eons; and an innumerable number of inestimable eons, and an inconceivable number of inestimable eons, and an inestimable number of inestimable eons, and an inexpressible number of inestimable eons; and an inexpressible number of innumerable eons, and an inexpressible number of inconceivable eons, an inexpressible number of incomparable eons, and an inexpressible number of inexpressible and inestimable eons. Thus, his eloquence is inexhaustible. Householder, you may wonder why that is. It is because in his wisdom the Thus-Gone One knows the matchless sphere of reality and thus has inexhaustible eloquence when asked regarding any topic of his knowledge. Therefore, with his unimpeded wisdom vision he will enjoy this temple with its sandalwood courtyard.

“Householder, you may wonder how the Thus-Gone One correctly understands the knowledge of the origin as related to knowledge of what is possible. Householder, the Thus-Gone One correctly understands those causes and conditions that accomplish knowledge of the origin as related to knowledge of what is possible. The Thus-Gone One has a correct understanding whether he considers impermanence, suffering, inner phenomena, results, unease, evil, harm, the lesser, disintegration, movement, destruction, epidemics, emptiness, lack of self, discomfort, shortcomings, or deliverance. That is called knowing the origin as related to knowledge of what is possible and this is what the Thus-Gone One correctly understands. Moreover, householder, this is how the Thus-Gone One knows: ‘Since these people have produced roots of virtue with billions of thus-gone ones, they have become certain with regard to knowing what is possible.’ Householder, in this way the Thus-Gone One correctly understands the knowledge of the origin as related to knowledge of what is possible. When the Thus-Gone One is asked about knowing the origin as related to knowledge of what is possible, he can respond for an eon, and so forth, up until an inexpressible number of inexpressible eons, since his eloquence is inexhaustible. Householder, you may wonder why that is. It is because in his wisdom the Thus-Gone One knows the matchless sphere of reality. In this way the Thus-Gone One possesses inexhaustible eloquence when asked about knowing the origin as related to knowledge of what is possible. Therefore, with his unimpeded wisdom vision he will enjoy this temple with its sandalwood courtyard.

“Householder, you may wonder how the Thus-Gone One correctly understands the knowledge of cessation as related to knowledge of what is possible. Householder, the Thus-Gone One correctly understands it in this way. He accomplished the welfare of an immeasurable number of beings and refrained from harming them. He illuminated them and cleared away their darkness. He has freed innumerable beings from suffering and established them in happiness. That is the knowledge of cessation as related to knowledge of what is possible. Moreover, householder, this is how the Thus-Gone One knows: When an assemblage is lacking there is an obstruction of knowledge, but when an assemblage takes place, knowledge of what is possible arises. Moreover, this is primordially unborn. Householder, this is how the Thus-Gone One correctly understands the knowledge of cessation as related to knowledge of what is possible. When the Thus-Gone One is asked about the knowledge of cessation as related to knowledge of what is possible, he can respond for an eon, and so forth, up until an inexpressible number of inexpressible eons, since his eloquence is inexhaustible. Householder, you may wonder why that is. It is because in his wisdom the Thus-Gone One knows the matchless sphere of reality. In this way the Thus-Gone One possesses inexhaustible eloquence when asked about the knowledge of cessation as related to knowledge of what is possible. Therefore, with his unimpeded wisdom vision he will enjoy this temple with its sandalwood courtyard.

“Householder, you may wonder how the Thus-Gone One correctly understands the knowledge of the path that leads to cessation as related to knowledge of what is possible. Householder, the Thus-Gone One correctly understands the knowledge by which he knows, understands, and actualizes the knowledge of the path that leads to cessation as related to knowledge of what is possible. Whether he contemplates insipidity, or whether he contemplates shortcomings, or whether he contemplates deliverance, the Thus-Gone One correctly understands. That is called knowledge of the path that leads to cessation as related to knowledge of what is possible. When the Thus-Gone One is asked about the knowledge of the path that leads to cessation as related to knowledge of what is possible, he can respond for an eon, and so forth, up until an inexpressible number of inexpressible eons, since his eloquence is inexhaustible. Householder, you may wonder why that is. It is because in his wisdom the Thus-Gone One knows the matchless sphere of reality. In this way the Thus-Gone One possesses inexhaustible eloquence when asked about knowledge of the path that leads to cessation as related to knowledge of what is possible. Therefore, with his unimpeded wisdom vision he will enjoy this temple with its sandalwood courtyard.