There are
these 9 Superior and Noble Persons!
| The perfectly self-awakened Buddha... |
(SammaSamBuddho) |
| The solitary self-awakened Buddha...
|
(Paccekasambuddho) |
| The one released both ways... |
(Ubhatobhāgavimutto) |
| The one released by understanding... |
(Paññavimutto) |
| The body-witness of direct experience... |
(Kāyasakkhī) |
| The view-winner of true
comprehension... |
(Ditthipattto) |
| The one released by faith... |
(Saddhāvimutto) |
| The one guided by Dhamma... |
(Dhammānusārī) |
| The one guided by faith... |
(Saddhānusārī) |
1: What sort of person is an perfectly self-awakened Buddha?
Here a certain person who, in regard to teachings he has not heard of
before, himself thoroughly understands
the 4
noble truths and attains
the omniscience thereof as well as complete mastery over the fruitions!
This sort of person is said to be a
perfectly
self-awakened Buddha...
2: What sort of person is a solitary self-awakened Buddha?
Here a certain person who, in regard to teachings he has not heard of
before, himself thoroughly understands
the 4
noble truths, but attains
neither the omniscience, nor the mastery over the fruitions thereof...
This sort of person is said to be a
solitary self-awakened Buddha...
3: What sort of person is released in both ways?
Here a certain person himself experiencing directly & touches bodily
the
eight stages of liberation, and furthermore by comprehending them
by understanding, his mental fermentations are completely eliminated.
This sort of person is said to be
one released in both ways...
4: What sort of person is released by
understanding?
Here a certain person without experiencing the
eight stages of liberation,
but having perceived them through understanding, his mental fermentations
are completely eliminated. Such one is
one released by understanding...
5: What sort of person is a body-witness of
direct experience?
Here a certain person himself experiences the
eight stages of liberation,
and yet having perceived them also through understanding, only some of
his mental fermentations are completely eliminated. This sort of person is
said to be a
body-witness of direct experience...
6: What sort of person is one, who has won view?
Here a certain person truly understands, that this is
suffering, that such is
the
cause of suffering, that such is the ceasing of suffering, and that such
is
the
Way leading to the ceasing of suffering. The teachings explained by
the
Thus-come-thus-gone One, are comprehended by him and also practised!
Yet having comprehended them, only some of his mental fermentations are
eliminated. Such person is a
Noble view-winner of straight comprehension...
7:
What sort of person is released by
Faith?
Here a certain person truly understands that this is
suffering, that such is
the
cause of suffering, that such is the ceasing of suffering, and that such
is
the
Way leading to the ceasing of suffering. The teachings explained by
the
Thus-come-thus-gone One, are comprehended by him and also practised!
Yet having comprehended them, only some of his mental fermentations are
completely eliminated, though not in the same way, nor to the same degree as
the view-winner. This sort of person is said to be
one released by faith.
8: What sort of person is one guided by
Dhamma?
The ability of understanding of a person, who is about to realize the
fruition
stage of a
stream-attainer develops quite much, when he cultivates
the
noble way,
which brings with it understanding and is initiated by understanding...
This sort of person is said to be
one guided by Dhamma. Such a person striving
after the fruition stage of stream-attaining is one guided by Dhamma, while
the same person established in the fruition is
one who has won view.
9: What sort of person is one guided by
Faith?
The ability of
Faith of one about to realize the fruition stage
of stream-attaining
develops to a large extent. He cultivates
the
noble way, which brings with it
faith
and is initiated by
faith.
This sort of person is said to be one guided by
faith.
Such a person
striving after the fruit of stream-attaining is
one guided by faith,
while the same person established in the fruition is released by faith.
Source:
The 4th Higher Science = Abhidhamma Book: The Personality Concept:
Puggala-Paññatti.
http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=130096
More on Buddhist
Personality Analysis:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Human_Types.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/The_7_Persons.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Nine_Supremes.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Four_Personalities.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/The_Ideal_Person.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_9_Supremes_Explained.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_4_Persons_similar_to_Trees.htm
For Details on the 3 or 4 Mental Fermentations
(āsava)
please see:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Naturally_Radiant.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/a/aasava.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/The_Proximate_Cause.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Cause_of_Ignorance.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_Three_Fermentations.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Freed_from_Fermentation.htm
