The Ten Fetters are stumbling blocks on the road to becoming an Arahat, a perfect one.
#9: “Restlessness or agitation suggests that true peace and contentment have still not been achieved in full.The mind is still unsettled.”
See also: On Becoming an Arahat:
The career of the Arahat is like the career of a student in that development is measured by the highest stage or level he has achieved so far. When a secondary school student progress in stages from secondary One to Secondary Four, his knowledge and mastery of skill increase with each higher level achieved. Eventually, he graduates from school when he passes his final year examinations. In the same way, the would be Arahat overcomes more and more of the fetters at each higher stage of his development. When he successfully passes the fourth stage, he reaches the end of his career and is no longer subject to Rebirth.
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