And in this very life, he soon realized with his own insight the supreme goal of the spiritual life for which gentlemen rightly go forth into homelessness. He understood that birth had come to an end, that the spiritual life had been fulfilled, that the job had been done, that there was no further state of existence. Venerable Channa became one of the perfected ones. He then went to Ānanda and said, “Venerable Ānanda, please lift the supreme penalty.” “The supreme penalty was lifted the moment you realized perfection.” At this communal recitation of the Monastic Law there were five hundred monks, neither more nor less. This is why this communal recitation is called “The group of five hundred”. The eleventh chapter on the group of five hundred is finished. In this chapter there are twenty-three topics. This is the summary: