Who and How are the Seven types of Noble Persons?

The Blessed Buddha once explained:
Monks, there are seven types of noble persons existing in the world. What
seven?
1: The one freed both ways (ubhato-bhāga-vimutta),
2: The one freed by understanding (paññā-vimutta),
3: The
direct experience body-witness (kāya-sakkhī),
4: The one having won view
and vision (ditthippatta),
5: The one freed by faith (saddhāvimutta),
6: The follower of Dhamma (dhammānusārī),
7: The
follower of
faith (saddhānusārī).
And how, monks, is the
person freed Both Ways?
As to this, monks, some person is dwelling, having directly
experienced with both body and
mind those peaceful mental releases, which are formless,
and having seen by
understanding
that all his mental
fermentations are utterly eliminated: He is freed both ways,
and has done
what should be done! He can therefore never become
negligent ever again...
And how, monks, is the person freed by Understanding?
As to this, monks, some person is dwelling, without having directly
experienced with both body
and mind those peaceful mental releases, which are formless, yet having seen
by understanding
that all his mental
fermentations are utterly destroyed: He is freed by
understanding, and has
done what should be done. He can therefore never
become negligent ever again...
And how monks, is the person who is a Body-Witness?
As to this, monks, some person is dwelling,
having indeed directly
experienced with both body
and mind those peaceful mental releases, which are formless, yet having seen
by understanding
only some of his mental
fermentations are fully annihilated. He is a
body-witness, and he has still
something to do. If he trains hard, lives
remote with good friends, and
balances his mental abilities,
then he may realise here and now, by his own super-knowledge, that matchless
goal of the Noble
Life for which young men of good family go forth into homelessness,
entering into and remaining
in it, he might dwell in the bliss of that sublime fruit...

And how monks, is the person who has Won View
and Vision?
As to this, monks, some person is dwelling, without having directly
experienced with both body
and mind those peaceful mental releases,
which are formless, but having
seen by understanding
only some of his mental
fermentations are utterly eradicated. However,
those things explained
by the
Tathāgata
are fully understood and fully practised by him. He has
won view and vision,
but has still something to do. If he trains hard
... then he might come to dwell
in the sublime fruit.
And how monks, is the person who is Freed by Faith?
As to this, monks, some person is dwelling, without having directly
experienced with both body
and mind those peaceful mental releases,
which are formless, but having
seen by understanding
only some of his mental
fermentations are utterly eradicated. But his
faith in the Tathāgata is
settled, fixed, genuine,
and established. This, monks, is called a person,
who is Freed by Faith, but
he has still something to do. If he trains hard
... then he might come to
dwell in the sublime fruit.
And how monks, is the person who is Striving for
and following after Dhamma?
As to this, monks, some person is dwelling, without having directly
experienced with both body
and mind those peaceful mental releases, which are formless, and although
having seen some by
understanding his mental
fermentations are not yet utterly destroyed!
Furthermore: All those
things explained by the Tathāgata are still only moderately approved of, and practiced by
him...
However, he possesses the ability of faith, energy, awareness,
concentration, and understanding!
This, monks, is called the person, who is striving for Dhamma, but he has
still something to do.
If he trains hard ... then he might come to dwell in that sublime fruit.
And how monks, is the person who is Striving
for and following
after Faith?
As to this, monks, some person is dwelling, without having directly
experienced with both body
and mind those peaceful mental releases, which are formless, and although
having seen some by
understanding his mental
fermentations are not yet utterly destroyed, but
he has enough faith
in the Tathāgata, enough affection for the Buddha to develop his mental ability
of faith, energy,
awareness, of concentration, and of understanding. This, monks,
is called the person, who is striving
out of Faith, but he has still
something to do. If he trains hard ... then he will come
to dwell in that
supreme fruit in the future.
I, monks, do not say that the attainment of profound knowledge suddenly
comes straightaway!
Gaining final knowledge is achieved gradually
through steady progress by study, and meditation..

These 7
Noble Persons
Shine Uniquely of
Pure Good!
More on
Buddhist Personality Classification:
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Human_Types.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Nine_Supremes.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Four_Personalities.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/The_Ideal_Person.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_9_Supremes_Explained.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_4_Persons_similar_to_Trees.htm
Source: Majjhima Nikāya 70.
May this
Way by our one-pointed effort become swift!
https://what-buddha-said.net/library/ati_website/html/tipitaka/mn/mn.070.than.html