Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c23.s3.10

v1.c23.s3.10

This account appears more plausible than that of *Cullavagga* in which Ānanda is stated to have suddenly attained arhathood on the eve of the session of the Council, but still more plausible is the account of the *Sarvāstivāda* Vinaya, in which it is said that Ānanda though a śaikṣa was admitted into the Council by courtesy with the special permission of the assembly (*Saṅgha*) of monks⁶