[271] "Friend Musila, apart from faith (saddhā), apart from personal preference (ruci), apart from oral tradition, apart from reasoned reflection, apart from acceptance of a view after consideration — does the Venerable Musila have knowledge (ñāṇa) individually his own: 'The cessation of existence is Nibbāna'?"
"Friend Paviṭṭha, apart from faith, apart from personal preference, apart from oral tradition, apart from reasoned reflection, apart from acceptance of a view after consideration, I know this, I see this: 'The cessation of existence is Nibbāna.'"
"In that case, the Venerable Musila is an arahant, one whose taints (āsava) are destroyed."
When this was said, the Venerable Musila remained silent.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.