How is the The Entrance into the Awakening
Stream?
Once in
Savatthi the Blessed
Buddha said this:
Bhikkhus, a
Noble Disciple who possesses four things is a
Stream-Enterer,
no longer bound to the lower worlds, fixed in destiny, with
Enlightenment
as his
assured destination. What four?
Here, Bhikkhus, a Noble Disciple possesses
confirmed confidence in the
Buddha thus:
Worthy, honourable & perfectly self-Enlightened is the Blessed
Buddha!
Consummated in knowledge and behaviour, totally transcended, expert
in all dimensions, knower of all worlds, unsurpassable trainer of those
who can be tamed, both teacher & guide of gods as well as of humans,
blessed, exalted,
Awakened
& Enlightened is the
Buddha!!!
Any
Noble
Disciple possesses
confirmed confidence in the Dhamma thus:
Perfectly formulated is this
Buddha-Dhamma,
visible right here & now,
immediately effective, timeless, inviting each & everyone to come and
see for themselves, inspect, examine & verify. Leading each & everyone
through progress towards perfection. Directly observable, experiencable
& realizable by each intelligence...
Any
Noble
Disciple possesses
confirmed confidence in the Sangha thus:
Perfectly training is this Noble Sangha community of the Buddha's
disciples; the right way, the true way, the good way, the direct way!
Therefore do these eight kinds of individuals, the four Noble pairs,
deserve both gifts, self-sacrifice, offerings, hospitality & reverential
salutation with joined palms, since this Noble Sangha community of the
Buddha's Noble disciples, is an unsurpassable & forever unsurpassed
field of merit, in this world, for this world, to honour, and support..
Any
Noble
Disciple possesses
Morality
esteemed by the Noble Ones:
Unbroken, untorn, unspotted, unmottled, freeing, praised by the clever,
natural, leading to mental concentration, & absorption...
These
4 factors
of Stream-Entry does the Noble Disciple possess!!!
Any
Noble Disciple, Bhikkhus, who possesses these
4 is a Stream-Enterer,
no longer bound to the nether world, fixed in destiny, with
Awakening
as his certain destination. This is what the Blessed One said. Having
said this, the Fortunate One, the Teacher, further said this:
Those who
possess Faith and Morality,
Confidence and vision of the Dhamma,
In time
arrive at the supreme Happiness
Grounded upon & born of this Noble life!
Source
(edited extract):
The
Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta
Nikāya. [V:343-4]
section 55: Sotāpattisamyutta.
Thread 2: Grounded...
Notes: The Stream Winner!
A Stream-Enterer (Sotāpanna)
has maximum 7 lives left before
Enlightenment. He/she cannot be reborn in hell, as ghost, animal,
or as angry demon, thus safe from downfall! Further details see:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/s_t/sotaapanna.htm
More on
gaining a surely
safe future:
Stream-Entry:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Fine_Faith.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/sangha/Sangha_Entry.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/The_6_Keys.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_4_Doors.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Internal_Bath.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Divine_Tracks.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/How_to_Enter.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Stream-Enterer.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Faith_Summary.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Stream_Entrance.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Stream-Entry_Tools.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Assured_Destination.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Impossible_Alteration.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Fruits_of_the_Noble_Way.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Links_to_Stream_Entry.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Friends_and_Colleagues.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/a/ariya_puggala.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Helpers_to_Stream_Entry.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Entering_the_Stream_Supreme.htm
Stream Entrance!!!
