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244.Atha kho āyasmato soṇassa arahattappattassa etadahosi – "yaṃnūnāhaṃ bhagavato santike aññaṃ byākareyya"nti.
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When the venerable Soṇa had attained perfection, it occurred to him: “Suppose I were to declare profound knowledge in the Lord’s presence?”
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Then, on the attainment of arahantship, the thought occurred to Ven. Soṇa: “What if I were to go to the Blessed One and, on arrival, to declare gnosis in his presence?”
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Atha kho āyasmā soṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi.
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Then the venerable Soṇa approached the Lord; having approached, having greeted the Lord, he sat down at a respectful distance.
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So he then went to the Blessed One and, on arrival, having bowed down to him, sat to one side.
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Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā soṇo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca – yo so, bhante, bhikkhu arahaṃ khīṇāsavo vusitavā katakaraṇīyo ohitabhāro anuppattasadattho parikkhīṇabhavasaññojano sammadaññā vimutto, so chaṭṭhānāni adhimutto hoti – nekkhammādhimutto hoti, pavivekādhimutto hoti, abyāpajjādhimutto hoti, upādānakkhayādhimutto hoti, taṇhakkhayādhimutto hoti, asammohādhimutto hoti.
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As he was sitting down at a respectful distance, the venerable Soṇa spoke thus to the Lord: “Lord, that monk who is one perfected, who has destroyed the cankers, lived the life, done what was to be done, shed the burden, won his own goal, destroyed utterly the fetter of becoming, and is wholly freed by profound knowledge, he comes to be intent upon six matters: he comes to be intent upon renunciation, he comes to be intent upon aloofness, he comes to be intent upon non-harming, he comes to be intent upon the destruction of grasping, he comes to be intent upon the destruction of craving, he comes to be intent upon non-confusion.
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As he was sitting there he said to the Blessed One: “Lord, when a monk is an arahant, with his effluents ended, one who has reached fulfillment, done the task, laid down the burden, attained the true goal, totally destroyed the fetter of becoming, and is released through right gnosis, he is dedicated to six things: He is dedicated to renunciation, seclusion, non-afflictiveness, the ending of clinging/sustenance, the ending of craving, & non-deludedness.
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