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RE: The Early Schools of Indian Buddhism Series

Hello @reddust. Regarding Section 2, Point 9. If there is a point of controversy between the Theravada School and the Rajagirikas, should I assume that the Theravada school accepts that an Arahant can die an untimely death even if they do not experience the results of all their karma?

In order to understand this I went to the Wikipedia for the definition of Arahant: It is something like this: "Theravada Buddhism defines arhat (Sanskrit; Pali: arahant) as one who has gained insight into the true nature of existence and has achieved nirvana" Source

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My husband is going to look up this view @macusantoniu, both of us remember from our research the Theravada view is that the Arahant is aware of his/her upcoming death, so the Arahant's death is never untimely, Edit: this wrong, the answer is the untimely death of an Arahant from murder would be the karmic result of the murderer.