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SN 48.26PTS SN 5.2051 min read

A Stream-Enterer

Sotāpannasutta

Six faculties: eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind. One who understand these is a stream-enterer.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 48.26Linked Discourses 48.26
  • 0.23. Chaḷindriyavagga3. The Six Faculties

0.3SotāpannasuttaA Stream-Enterer

1.1“Chayimāni, bhikkhave, indriyāni.“Mendicants, there are these six faculties.1.2Katamāni cha?What six?1.3Cakkhundriyaṁ …pe… manindriyaṁ.The faculties of the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind.1.4Yato kho, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako imesaṁ channaṁ indriyānaṁ samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti—A noble disciple comes to truly understand these six faculties’ origin, disappearance, gratification, drawback, and escape.1.5ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako sotāpanno avinipātadhammo niyato sambodhiparāyaṇo”ti.Such a noble disciple is called a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening.”

1.6Chaṭṭhaṁ.