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phala

lit. 'fruit'. - 1. result, effect (often together with hetu, cause ); 2. benefit (e.g. in Sa^man~n~a-phala Sutta, 'The Results, or Benefits, of Recluseship'; D. 2).

As 'path-result', or 'fruition', it donotes those moments of supermundane consciousness which flash forth immediately after the moment of path-consciousness (s. ariya-puggala) and which, till the attainment of the next higher path, may during the practice of insight (vipassana^, q.v.) still recur innumerable times. If thus repeated, they are called the 'attainment of fruition (phalasama^patti), which is explained in detail in Vis.M. XXIII.

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