Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c8.s5.32

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² See Kośa, VI. 37, p. 213 for two kinds of Ūrdhvasrotas: (i) Akaniṣṭhagā and (ii) Naivasamjñānāsaṃjñāyatanagā. The Akaniṣṭhagā are divided again into three sub-classes:
(a) Pluta (one who soars high); on account of dhyānas practised by him, he is born in the Brahmakāyika heaven and lastly he is born in the Akaniṣṭha heaven where he attains Nirvāṇa;
(b) Ardhapluta (one who soars only half-way); on account of dhyānas practised by him, he is born in the Brahmakāyika heaven, from which he passes to Suddhāvāsa and thence to Akaniṣṭha to attain Nirvāṇa there; and
(c) Sarvacyuta; before entering into Akaniṣṭha heaven, he passes across all the heavens except Mahābrahma. An Anāgāmi cannot have two existences in one heaven because he always rises higher and higher.