Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c35.s3.t5.31

v2.c35.s3.t5.31

See Rosenberg, *Die probleme der buddhistischen philosophie* p 128-9. Rāhula Sāṅkṛtyāyana, *Abhidharma-kośa*, Table III in his following existence proving thereby that his past *dharma* continues and the three *saṃyojanas*¹ remain ineffective. It may be argued by the Th. that the three *saṃyojanas* have altogether disappeared; then the Sarvāstivādins may cite the instance of the Sakadāgamin as a better illustration. A Sakadāgamin reduces *rāga*, *dosa* and *moha* to the minimum, and in his following births that state continues, proving thereby the continuity of past "dharmas". Now we may pass on to the case of Arhats. The Arhats, it will be seen, become completely free from *rāga*, *dosa* and *moha*; according to the Th. they are destroyed for ever but according to the S., these *rāga*, *dosa* and *moha* persist though in an ineffective form and these may reappear and cause an Arhat fall from the Arhathood—a topic discussed in the *Kvu.* (I. 2) and attributed by Buddhaghosa to the S., viz., *Parihāyati arahā arahattā ti*?²