Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

2: The Book of the Twos

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1"Bhikkhus, there are these two that are not terrified by a bursting thunderbolt. What two? A bhikkhu whose taints are destroyed and a thoroughbred elephant. These are the two that are not terrified by a bursting thunderbolt." [n.293] Mp: "The arahant is not terrified because he has abandoned personal-existence view (sakkāyadiṭṭhiyā pahīnattā); the thoroughbred elephant, because his personal-existence view is very strong (sakkāyadiṭṭhiyā balavattā)."

1"Dveme, bhikkhave, asaniyā phalantiyā na santasanti. Katame dve? Bhikkhu ca khīṇāsavo, hatthājānīyo ca. Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve asaniyā phalantiyā na santasantī"ti.

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