Reply To: Discussion on “Cultivating Jhāna and Magga Phala – What Is the Difference?”

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Lal
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Yes. Even Ven. Sariputta did not have that capability. Another sutta (I forget the name) describes how Ven. Sariputta was giving instructions to a bhikkhu, and the Buddha told Ven. Sarputta that the bhikkhu had attained Arahanthood.

Each Arahant is different and may have varying capabilities. Only a Buddha has all possible capabilities.

  • In another sutta, the Buddha explained to Ven. Sariputta that in a congregation of 500 bhikkhus, all were Arahants but had varying attainments: “Of these five hundred monks, sixty have the three knowledges (tevijjā), sixty have abhiññā powers, sixty are freed both ways (ubhatobhāgavimutta), and the rest are freed by wisdom (paññāvimutta).”
  • See “Pavāraṇā Sutta (SN 8.7).”  
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