Then the Buddha, knowing that monk’s train of thought, addressed the mendicants: “Mendicants, don’t complain about this monk. This monk gets the four absorptions—blissful meditations in this life that belong to the higher mind—when he wants, without trouble or difficulty. He has realized the supreme culmination of the spiritual path in this very life, and lives having achieved with his own insight the goal for which gentlemen rightly go forth from the lay life to homelessness.”
That is what the Buddha said. Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:
“Not by being slack, or with little strength may this be realized—extinguishment, the release from all suffering.
This young monk, this best of men, bears his final body, having vanquished Māra with his legions.”
Linked Discourses 21.5 1. Monks With Sujāta
At Sāvatthī. Then Venerable Sujāta went to the Buddha. The Buddha saw him coming off in the distance, and addressed the mendicants: “This gentleman shines in both ways. He’s attractive, good-looking, lovely, of surpassing beauty. And he has realized the supreme culmination of the spiritual path in this very life. He lives having achieved with his own insight the goal for which gentlemen rightly go forth from the lay life to homelessness.” That is what the Buddha said. Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:
“This mendicant truly shines. His heart is upright, he’s unfettered, detached, quenched by not grasping. He bears his final body, having vanquished Māra with his legions.”
Linked Discourses 21.6 1. Monks With Bhaddiya the Dwarf