འདལ་བ་གཞ notes.1.149
The Chapter on Going Forth; The Chapter on the Restoration Rite; The Chapter on Lifting Restrictions; The Chapter on the Rains; The Chapter on Medicines notes.1.149
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notes.1.149
149. “Trainee” refers to those engaged in training to abandon disturbing emotions through the application of uncontaminated paths, specifically the seven types of noble persons (Kalyāṇamitra, folio 275.a.6). In this case, the “seven types of noble persons” most likely refer to the first seven of the eight “entrants and abiders” (Tib. zhugs gnas brgyad), who have either achieved or are in the process of achieving the results of stream enterer (Tib, rgyun zhugs, Skt. srota āpanna), once-returner (Tib. phyir ’ong, Skt. sakṛdāgāmin), non-returner (Tib. phyir mi ’ong, Skt. anāgāmin), and arhat (Tib. dgra bcom, Skt. arhat).