sn.1.5 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)

Cut How Many?

At Sāvatthī.
Standing to one side, that deity recited this verse in the Buddha’s presence:
“Cut how many? Drop how many?
How many more should be developed?
How many chains must a mendicant escape
before you call them a flood-crosser?”
“Five to cut, five to drop,
and five more to develop.
A mendicant must escape five chains
before you call them a flood-crosser.”