Section 9 Real Designation is Undesignate Subhuti , what do you think ? Does a disciple who has entered the Stream of the Holy Life say within himself : I obtain the fruit of a Stream - entrant ? Subhuti said : No , World - honoured one . Wherefore ? Because " Stream - entrant " is merely a name . There is no Stream - entering . The disciple who pays no regard to form , sound , odour , taste , touch , or any quality , is called a Stream - entrant . Subhuti , what do you think ? Does an adept who is subject to only one more rebirth say within himself : I obtain the fruit of a once - to - be - reborn ? Subhuti said : No , World - honoured one . Wherefore ? Because once - to - be - reborn " is merely a name . There is no passing away nor coming into existence . [ The adept who realizes ] - this is called once - to - be - reborn . " Subhuti , what do you think ? Does a venerable one who will never more be reborn as a mortal say within himself : I obtain the fruit of a Non - returner ? Subhuti said : No , World - honoured one . Wherefore ? Because " Non - returner " is merely a name . There is no non - returning ; hence the designation " Non - returner . " Subhuti , what do you think ? Does a holy one say within himself : I have obtained Perfective Enlightenment ? Subhuti said : No , World - honoured one . Wherefore ? Because there is no such condition as that called " Perfective Enlightenment . " World - honoured one , if a holy one of Perfective Enlightenment said to himself " such am I , " he would necessarily partake of the idea of an ego - entity , a personality , a being , or a separated individuality . World - honoured one , when the Buddha declares that I excel amongst holy men in the Yoga of perfect quiescence , in dwelling in seclusion , and in freedom from passions , I do not say within myself : I am a holy one of Perfective Enlightenment , free from passions . World - honoured one , if I said within myself : Such am I ; you would not declare : Subhuti finds happiness abiding in peace , in seclusion in the midst of the forest . This is because Subhuti abides no where : therefore he is called , " Subhuti , Joyful - Abider - in - Peace , Dweller - in - Seclusion - in - the Forest . "