Pāli · Sutta Piṭaka (Pāli, Mahāsaṅgīti)
273
“Aṭṭhānametaṁ, bhikkhave, anavakāso yaṁ diṭṭhisampanno puggalo arahantaṁ jīvitā voropeyya. Netaṁ ṭhānaṁ vijjati. Ṭhānañca kho etaṁ, bhikkhave, vijjati yaṁ puthujjano arahantaṁ jīvitā voropeyya. Ṭhānametaṁ vijjatī”ti.
English · Bhikkhu Sujato
273
“It is impossible, mendicants, it cannot happen for an individual accomplished in view to murder a perfected one. But it is possible for an ordinary person to murder a perfected one.”