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his Enlightenment for the benefit of the ‘Group of Five’ — Enlightenment that is supreme in the human world, angel world, Māra-world, Brahmā-world, animal-world, world of monks, world of brahmins, world of angels or men — Enlightenment from which there will be no relapse into de- filements and no further rebirth. First Disciple: the most seasoned in the Perfections At the end of the Lord Buddha’s sermon, Koṇḍañña, the leader of the ‘Group of Five’, became a Stream-Enterer [sotāpana]. He had seen with the eye of (the body of) en- lightenment that ‘Whatever is of the nature of arising, has the nature of cessation’ and in his context, he saw that his own aggregates were of such a nature — all of the nature of arising and cessation. The earth-sprites [bhūmadevata] unanimously praised the supremacy of the Dhammakakkavattana Sutta, saying that it was incomparable with anything taught by monks, brahmins, angels, Māras, gods or anyone in the world. The praises resounded amongst the angels sequentially higher and higher in the various levels of heaven until it reached the Brahmā-world. The cosmos quaked and there arose lim- itless brightness. The Buddha knew of the attainment of Koṇḍañña and ex- claimed ‘Añnasi vata bho Koṇḍaṇño, añnasi vata bho Koṇḍaṇño’ (‘Koṇḍañña now you know’) and for this rea- son Koṇḍañña was henceforth known as ‘Aññakondaṇña’ (Kondaṇña who knows). In fact, the ‘group of five’ had already been ordained for a long time, and were already endowed with self-discipline and meditation. However, they still lacked the wisdom to see the path out of suffering. After the Buddha had clarified