MahāvaggavaggaParihānikathā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 210

[210] "Does the Non-Returner (anāgāmī) fall away from the Fruition of Non-Returning (anāgāmiphala)?" "Yes." "Does the Stream-Enterer (sotāpanna) fall away from the Fruition of Stream-Entry (sotāpattiphala)?" "It should not be said so." "Whose development (bhāvanā) of the path (magga) … development of the factors of awakening (bojjhaṅga) is superior — the Non-Returner's or the Stream-Enterer's?" "The Non-Returner's." "If the Non-Returner's development of the factors of awakening is superior, and the Non-Returner falls away from the Fruition of Non-Returning, then indeed, good sir, it should 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English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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