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Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 981

[981] S. The Bodhisatta had entered the fixed course (niyāma) and had lived the holy life (brahmacariya) in the dispensation (pāvacana) of the Blessed One Kassapa, and yet was not a disciple (sāvaka) of the Blessed One Kassapa? P. Yes. S. Does a disciple, having passed beyond birth (jāti), become a non-disciple? P. It should not be said thus. …

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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