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Dr. Adikaram said that there were famous scholars - Tripitaka acharias - who could recite by heart entire sections of the Tripitaka, and one may have read and re-read all the Buddhist texts and yet remain a crook or a murderer. Dr. Adikaram added, if one could at least understand one word of the Buddha like Appamada that would be sufficient for him or her to become an arahat. Dr. Nissanka, in his useful essay, says, "With the words of Dr. Adikaram we enjoyed a clam and quiet atmosphere at Kuliyapitiya Central College."