Becoming attained-to-view as opposed to one liberated-by-faith and vice versa
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How did the practice of one in-training (*sekha*) differ so that he became one attained-to-view as opposed to one liberated-by-faith and vice versa?
In MN 70 the Buddha describes them like so:
> And what person is attained to view? It’s a person who doesn’t have
> direct meditative experience of the peaceful liberations that are
> formless, transcending form. Nevertheless, having seen with wisdom,
> some of their defilements have come to an end. And they have clearly
> seen and clearly contemplated with wisdom the teaching and training
> proclaimed by the Realized One. This person is called attained to
> view. I say that this mendicant also still has work to do with
> diligence. Why is that? Thinking: ‘Hopefully this venerable will
> frequent appropriate lodgings, associate with good friends, and
> control their faculties. Then they might realize the supreme
> culmination of the spiritual path in this very life, and live having
> achieved with their own insight the goal for which gentlemen rightly
> go forth from the lay life to homelessness.’ Seeing this fruit of
> diligence for this mendicant, I say that they still have work to do
> with diligence. And what person is freed by faith? It’s a person who
> doesn’t have direct meditative experience of the peaceful liberations
> that are formless, transcending form. Nevertheless, having seen with
> wisdom, some of their defilements have come to an end. And their faith
> is settled, rooted, and planted in the Realized One. This person is
> called freed by faith. I say that this mendicant also still has work
> to do with diligence. Why is that? Thinking: ‘Hopefully this venerable
> will frequent appropriate lodgings, associate with good friends, and
> control their faculties. Then they might realize the supreme
> culmination of the spiritual path in this very life, and live having
> achieved with their own insight the goal for which gentlemen rightly
> go forth from the lay life to homelessness.’ Seeing this fruit of
> diligence for this mendicant, I say that they still have work to do
> with diligence.
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