Dear Mahinda,
thank you for your clear translation,
much appreciated,
Nina.
Op 28-mrt-2012, om 16:59 heeft Mahinda Palihawadana het volgende
geschreven:

> Dear friends,
> I would suggest the following translation for the passage quoted:
> "AS regards explaining (the term) pannaa-vimutta: p.v. means one who
> is liberated by means of insight (pannaa). He (the type of person so
> designated) is fivefold, (namely) the "Bare Insight" person and the
> four who have attained (pattaa: PPP nom. pl.) arahantship on emerging
> from the four jhaanas. None among them is an attainer of the eight
> liberations. Hence indeed (the text) says "aTTha vimokkhe" etc. When
> (here almost the same as 'if') one of the four formless jhaanas is
> present (= has been attained), (the attainer of it) is called
> "liberated in both ways".
>
> Mahinda
>

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