II.c Four rebirths in the noble Path

Furthermore, there are people who, having given to the Buddha and his disciples (buddhaśrāvaka), hear from their mouths a sermon on the Path. Because of the gifts they have made, their minds (citta) become gentle (mṛdu), their wisdom (prajñā) becomes sharp (tikṣṇa) and they are immediately reborn into the noble eightfold Path (āryāṣṭāṅga mārga). By elimination of the three fetters (trayāṇāṃ saṃyojanānāṃ prahāṇāt), they obtain the fruit of srotaāpanna, and so on up to their arrival at the bodhi of the Buddhas. As a result of these gifts, they hear [the Buddha] preach the Dharma and then they produce the mind of supreme complete enlightenment (anuttarā samyaksaṃbodhi).

The generosity of a man not detached from desire (avītarāga) results in rebirth among men, in wealth and honor, or among the six kinds of gods of the desire realm (kāmadeva). – The generosity of a man detached from desire (vitarāga) results in rebirth among the gods of the Brahmā realm (brahmaloka), up to the Bṛhatphalas.^[1] The generosity of a man freed from the notion of material (rūpa) [302a] results in a rebirth among the formless gods (ārūpyadeva).