Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c35.s3.t5.81
Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c35.s3.t5.81
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v2.c35.s3.t5.81
The fourth opinion speaks of the *puññopacaya* of an Arhat. The Th. and Mahīśāsakas reject it; so also do the Mahāsaṅghikas.³ The Arhats are said to have done all that is to be done (*katakaraṇīya*) and are beyond merit and demerit, good or bad; hence to speak of some of them as collecting merits shows that the S. like the Andhakas do not look upon all arhats as completely perfect.