Samannaphalasutta 0.n41
Samannaphala Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha) 0.n41
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0.n41
The Eightfold Path is not mentioned in our Sutta. This is not merely because it is not possible always to mention everything. The Path does not come within the special advantages of life in the Order. To enter upon the Path to Arahatship, to walk along it, is not peculiar to members of the Order. A bhikshu might reach the goal either along that path, open also to laymen , or by the process set out in our Sutta. They are two quite distinct methods of training, of which our Sutta deals only with one