Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c8.s8.18
Aspects of Mahāyāna Buddhism and its Relation to Hīnayāna c8.s8.18
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c8.s8.18
Corresponding to the two classes of sotāpannas called Saddhānusārī and Dhammānusārī, the arhats are also divided into two classes: Ubhatobhāgavimutta and Paññāvimutta.³ The former comprises those who realise the eight vimokkhas (releases)⁴ and destroys their āsavas (impurities) by paññā (knowledge) while the latter comprises those who do not realise the eight vimokkhas but destroy their āsavas by paññā.⁵