MahāvaggavaggaParihānikathā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 205

[205] "Does the Once-Returner (sakadāgāmī) fall away from the fruition of once-returning (sakadāgāmi-phala)?" — "Yes." "Does the Stream-Enterer (sotāpanna) fall away from the fruition of stream-entry (sotāpatti-phala)?" — "It should not be said thus." "Who has abandoned the more numerous defilements (kilesā) — the Once-Returner or the Stream-Enterer?" — "The Once-Returner." "If the Once-Returner has abandoned the more numerous defilements, and the Once-Returner falls away from the fruition of once-returning, then indeed, sir, it must be said: 'The Stream-Enterer falls away from the fruition of stream-entry.'"

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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