Puggalapannatti 2.1.2.3

2.1.2.3

ayaṃ vuccati puggalo “asamayavimutto”.

Here a person goes on experiencing the eight stages of emancipation though not from time to time, and he having seen them through insight, his sinful tendencies are completely destroyed. Such a person is said to be emancipated not (only) at times. Indeed, all persons who are Ariyas (noble or elect) are so emancipated in matters of the higher emancipation.