Thank you, Jittananto.
- I have not had the time to read the post.
- However, the basic idea of a sappurisa is explained in the “Paṭhamaasappurisa Sutta (SN 45.25).”
- According to the above sutta, there can be two types of sappurisa: (i) one who is on the mundane eightfold path and generally a “moral person” (ii) one who is on the Noble Eightfold Path, i.e., a Noble Person or Ariya. The one on the mundane path could be there temporarily, because one can change one’s views and become an asappurisa at any time, especially in future births. On the other hand, one on the Noble Path will never become an asappurisa.
- By the way, the English translation in the link translates sappurisa as ” true person.” That is not a good translation.
