an.9.9 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)

Persons

“Mendicants, these nine people are found in the world.
What nine?
The perfected one and the one practicing for perfection. The non-returner and the one practicing to realize the fruit of non-return. The once-returner and the one practicing to realize the fruit of once-return. The stream-enterer and the one practicing to realize the fruit of stream-entry. And the ordinary person.
These are the nine people found in the world.”