Sutta Name | Nikaya | Vagga | Academic | PTS | PSA Plae | Keywords | Notes |
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Chabbisodhana | Chavisodhana | Majjhima | Uparipa.n.naasa, Anupada Vagga | MN.112 | M.iii.029 | 22/213 | arahant | How to establish whether someone is truly an arahant by asking six questions: 1. What has he seen, heard, known and gained insight as a result of his attainment? 2. What has he learned about the aggregates to which we are attached? 3. What has he learned about the six elements? 4. What has he learned about the inner and outer sense spheres? 5. What has he learned about this animate body of ours? 6. What has he learned about the external objects of meditation that his mind has been released from defilements, the self attachment, possessiveness and belief. How has he managed to practice sila, samadhi and panya until release from all defilements? |
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