1"Bhikkhus, it is through the breaking of seven things that one is a bhikkhu. [n.1609] A pun is involved here, evident in the Pāli: bhinnattā bhikkhu hoti. Puns also explain the word derivations in the following suttas, for example, samitattā samaṇo hoti, and bāhitattā brāhmaṇo hoti. These puns are purely "pedagogical" and not etymologically cogent. What seven? Personal-existence view is broken; doubt is broken; wrong grasp of behavior and observances is broken; lust is broken; hatred is broken; delusion is broken; conceit is broken. It is through the breaking of these seven things that one is a bhikkhu."

1"Sattannaṁ, bhikkhave, dhammānaṁ bhinnattā bhikkhu hoti. Katamesaṁ sattannaṁ? Sakkāyadiṭṭhi bhinnā hoti, vicikicchā bhinnā hoti, sīlabbataparāmāso bhinno hoti, rāgo bhinno hoti, doso bhinno hoti, moho bhinno hoti, māno bhinno hoti. Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, sattannaṁ dhammānaṁ bhinnattā bhikkhu hotī"ti.

Paṭhamaṁ.