Dear Sumana.
The sutta: Anguttara Nikaaya III, 347 (Book of the Sixes, Ch 5, §2:
Migasala. Purana who abstained from carnal things, is a sakadagami,
and so is Isidatta who rejoiced with a wife.
In this sutta is emphasized: <in whom hearing (Dhamma) has effect...>
Even if one has attachment, if hearing Dhamma has effect ... he,
after death sets out to excel.>
He can realize the true nature of realities, also of defilements, and
he can attain enlightenment.
Nina.
Op 29-jun-2007, om 21:48 heeft Sumana het volgende geschreven:

> "There's a fascinating sutta about two great friends
> who are "once-returners". One lives a household life,
> rides around in a carriage, has a wife. The other is
> celi-
> bate and lives quite an austere life.

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