[252] S. Does an Arahant fall away from Arahantship (arahatta)?
P. Yes.
S. When an Arahant is falling away from Arahantship, obsessed by what does he fall away?
P. He falls away obsessed by lust (rāga).
S. In dependence on what does the obsession (pariyuṭṭhāna) arise?
P. It arises in dependence on a latent tendency (anusaya).
S. Does an Arahant have latent tendencies?
P. It should not be said so. …
S. Does an Arahant have latent tendencies?
P. Yes.
S. Does an Arahant have the latent tendency of sensual lust (kāmarāgānusaya), the latent tendency of repulsion (paṭighānusaya), the latent tendency of conceit (mānānusaya), the latent tendency of views (diṭṭhānusaya), the latent tendency of doubt (vicikicchānusaya), the latent tendency of lust for existence (bhavarāgānusaya), the latent tendency of ignorance (avijjānusaya)?
P. It should not be said so. …
P. He falls away obsessed by hatred (dosa). … He falls away obsessed by delusion (moha).
S. In dependence on what does the obsession arise?
P. It arises in dependence on a latent tendency.
S. Does an Arahant have latent tendencies?
P. It should not be said so. …
S. Does an Arahant have latent tendencies?
P. Yes.
S. Does an Arahant have the latent tendency of sensual lust … the latent tendency of ignorance?
P. It should not be said so. …
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.