I just came across a sutta that provides a more detailed description of Noble Persons. This is “Saupādisesa Sutta (AN 9.12)“.
- I will try to write a post on it a later, but the key points are discussed below.
Five kinds of Anāgāmis (of course including those Arahant Anugamis):
-“So pañcannaṃ orambhāgiyānaṃ saṃyojanānaṃ parikkhayā antarāparinibbāyī hoti“.
-“So pañcannaṃ orambhāgiyānaṃ saṃyojanānaṃ parikkhayā upahaccaparinibbāyī hoti“.
– “So pañcannaṃ orambhāgiyānaṃ saṃyojanānaṃ parikkhayā asaṅkhāraparinibbāyī hoti“.
– “So pañcannaṃ orambhāgiyānaṃ saṃyojanānaṃ parikkhayā sasaṅkhāraparinibbāyī hoti“.
– “So pañcannaṃ orambhāgiyānaṃ saṃyojanānaṃ parikkhayā uddhaṃsoto hoti akaniṭṭhagāmī“.
They all have overcome the first five samyojana of sakkāya ditthi, vicikiccā, and silabbata parāmāsa, kāma rāga, patigha.
- The first one was discussed at the forum: “Antara Parinibbana“.
- The fifth category are those born in the Akanittha brahma realm, the highest realm reserved for the Anāgāmis; see, “31 Realms of Existence“.
- Therefore, I suspect that the second, third, fourth types belong to those born in the other brahma realms reserved for the Anāgāmis.
Then there is the Noble Person with the Sakadāgāmī phala (including those Anāgāmi Anugamis):
- “So tiṇṇaṃ saṃyojanānaṃ parikkhayā rāgadosamohānaṃ tanuttā sakadāgāmī hoti, sakideva imaṃ lokaṃ āgantvā dukkhassantaṃ karoti.”
Translated: “With the ending of three fetters (saṃyojanā), and the weakening of greed, hate, and delusion, a Sakadāgāmī will come back to this world only once to deva realms”.
Lastly, there is the Sōtapanna and two types of Sōtapanna Anugāmi:
– “So tiṇṇaṃ saṃyojanānaṃ parikkhayā ekabījī hoti, ekaṃyeva mānusakaṃ bhavaṃ nibbattetvā dukkhassantaṃ karoti”.
– “So tiṇṇaṃ saṃyojanānaṃ parikkhayā kolaṅkolo hoti, dve vā tīṇi vā kulāni sandhāvitvā saṃsaritvā dukkhassantaṃ karoti”.
– “So tiṇṇaṃ saṃyojanānaṃ parikkhayā sattakkhattuparamo hoti, sattakkhattuparamaṃ deve ca manusse ca sandhāvitvā saṃsaritvā dukkhassantaṃ karoti”.
Translated:
– “With the ending of three saṃyojanā, an ekabījī will be reborn just one time in a human existence (bhava), then make an end of suffering”.
– “With the ending of three saṃyojanā, a kolaṅkolo will be two or three bhava then make an end of suffering”.
– “With the ending of three saṃyojanā, a sattakkhattuparamo has most seven bhava among devas and humans and then make an end of suffering”.
Thus it is clear that an ekabījī is a Sōtapanna.
The last two must be the two types of Sōtapanna Anugāmis discussed in the post “Sōtapanna Anugāmi – No More Births in the Apāyās“:
“dhammānusārī or a saddhānusārī.
I am not sure yet how kolaṅkolo and sattakkhattuparamo categories are to be identified with dhammānusārī and saddhānusārī categories.
However, the number of remaining bhava before attaining the Arahanthood is more precise in this classification of ekabījī, kolaṅkolo, and sattakkhattuparamo.