What sort of person is a perfectly Enlightened One?Katamo ca puggalo sammāsambuddho? Here a certain person who, in regard to doctrines he has not heard of before, himself thoroughly understands the truths and attains the omniscience thereof as well as mastery over the fruition. This sort of person is said to be a perfectly Enlightened One.Idhekacco puggalo pubbe ananussutesu dhammesu sāmaṁ saccāni abhisambujjhati, tattha ca sabbaññutaṁ pāpuṇāti balesu ca vasībhāvaṁ. What sort of person is one who is enlightened for himself?Ayaṁ vuccati puggalo sammāsambuddho.

Here a certain person who, in regard to doctrines he has not heard of before, himself thoroughly understands the truths but attains neither the omniscience nor the mastery over the fruition thereof. This sort of person is said to be one enlightened for himself.Katamo ca puggalo paccekasambuddho? What sort of person is emancipated in both ways?Idhekacco puggalo pubbe ananussutesu dhammesu sāmaṁ saccāni abhisambujjhati, na ca tattha sabbaññutaṁ pāpuṇāti na ca balesu vasībhāvaṁ. Here a certain person goes on himself experiencing the eight stages of emancipation, and having perceived them through insight, his sinful tendencies are completely destroyed. This sort of person is said to be one emancipated in both ways.Ayaṁ vuccati puggalo paccekasambuddho.

What sort of person is emancipated by way of insight?Katamo ca puggalo ubhatobhāgavimutto? Here a certain person without himself experiencing the eight stages of emancipation, but having perceived them through insight, his sinful tendencies are completely destroyed. This sort of person is said to be one emancipated by insight.Idhekacco puggalo aṭṭha vimokkhe kāyena phusitvā viharati paññāya cassa disvā āsavā parikkhīṇā honti. What sort of person is an “eye-witness”?Ayaṁ vuccati puggalo ubhatobhāgavimutto.

Here a certain person goes on himself experiencing the eight stages of emancipation, and having perceived them through insight, some of his sinful tendencies are completely destroyed. This sort of person is said to be an “eye-witness”.Katamo ca puggalo paññāvimutto? What sort of person is one who has won vision?Idhekacco puggalo na heva kho aṭṭha vimokkhe kāyena phusitvā viharati paññāya cassa disvā āsavā parikkhīṇā honti. Here a certain person truly understands that this is suffering, that this is the genesis of suffering, that this is the cessation of suffering, and that this is the path leading to the cessation of suffering. The doctrines promulgated by theTathāgataare perceived by him through insight as well as practised; and he having perceived them through insight, some of his sinful tendencies are completely destroyed. This sort of person is said to be one who has won vision.Ayaṁ vuccati puggalo paññāvimutto.

What sort of person is emancipated by faith?Katamo ca puggalo kāyasakkhī? Here a certain person truly understands that this is suffering, that this is the genesis of suffering, that this is the cessation of suffering, and that this is the path leading to the cessation of suffering. The doctrines promulgated by theTathāgataare perceived by him through insight as well as practised; and having perceived them through insight, some of his sinful tendencies are completely destroyed, though not in the same way as in the case of one who has won vision. This sort of person is said to be one emancipated by faith.Idhekacco puggalo aṭṭha vimokkhe kāyena phusitvā viharati paññāya cassa disvā ekacce āsavā parikkhīṇā honti. What sort of person is one conforming to the Norm?Ayaṁ vuccati puggalo kāyasakkhī.

The faculty of insight of a person proceeding to realise the fruition stage of a stream-attainer develops to a large extent; he cultivates the noble path which carries with it insight and is preceded by insight. This sort of person is said to be one conforming to the Norm. Such a person striving after the fruition stage of stream-attaining is one conforming to the Norm; while the same person established in the fruition is one who has won vision.Katamo ca puggalo diṭṭhippatto? What sort of person is one conforming to faith?Idhekacco puggalo “idaṁ dukkhan”ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti …pe… The faith-faculty proceeding to realise the fruition stage of stream-attaining develops to a large extent. He cultivates the noble path which carries with it faith and is preceded by faith. This sort of person is said to be one conforming to faith. Such a person striving after the fruition stage of stream-attaining is one conforming to faith; while the same person established in the fruition is emancipated by faith.“ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā”ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti, tathāgatappaveditā cassa dhammā paññāya vodiṭṭhā honti vocaritā, paññāya cassa disvā ekacce āsavā parikkhīṇā honti. Here ends the specification of grouping by Nine.Ayaṁ vuccati puggalo diṭṭhippatto.

Designation of Human Types, a translation of the Puggalapaññatti byBimala Charan Law.Katamo ca puggalo saddhāvimutto? Bimala Charan LawIdhekacco puggalo “idaṁ dukkhan”ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti …pe… Published by the Pali Text Society in1924. Reprinted 1969, 1979, 1992, 2006.“ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā”ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti, tathāgatappaveditā cassa dhammā paññāya vodiṭṭhā honti vocaritā, paññāya cassa disvā ekacce āsavā parikkhīṇā honti, no ca kho yathā diṭṭhippattassa. Released by the Pali Text Society under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 licence (CC BY-NC 3.0) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/.Ayaṁ vuccati puggalo saddhāvimutto.

This SuttaCentral edition is based on the LaTeX edition prepared byManfred WierichandJosef Wilgen, proofread byAriya Baumann, converted to HTML byBhikkhu Sujato,Ven. VimalaandAminah Borg-Luck.Katamo ca puggalo dhammānusārī? Manfred WierichYassa puggalassa sotāpattiphalasacchikiriyāya paṭipannassa paññindriyaṁ adhimattaṁ hoti, paññāvāhiṁ paññāpubbaṅgamaṁ ariyamaggaṁ bhāveti. Josef WilgenAyaṁ vuccati puggalo dhammānusārī. Ariya BaumannSotāpattiphalasacchikiriyāya paṭipanno puggalo dhammānusārī, phale ṭhito diṭṭhippatto.

Ven. VimalaKatamo ca puggalo saddhānusārī? Aminah Borg-LuckYassa puggalassa sotāpattiphalasacchikiriyāya paṭipannassa saddhindriyaṁ adhimattaṁ hoti, saddhāvāhiṁ saddhāpubbaṅgamaṁ ariyamaggaṁ bhāveti. Ayaṁ vuccati puggalo saddhānusārī. Sotāpattiphalasacchikiriyāya paṭipanno puggalo saddhānusārī, phale ṭhito saddhāvimuttoti.

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