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A Stream-Enterer

Sotāpannasutta

One who understands the gratification, the drawback, and the escape regarding the five faculties of pleasure, pain, happiness, sadness, and equanimity is a stream-enterer.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 48.32Linked Discourses 48.32
  • 0.24. Sukhindriyavagga4. The Pleasure Faculty

0.3SotāpannasuttaA Stream-Enterer

1.1“Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, indriyāni.“Mendicants, there are these five faculties.1.2Katamāni pañca?What five?1.3Sukhindriyaṁ, dukkhindriyaṁ, somanassindriyaṁ, domanassindriyaṁ, upekkhindriyaṁ.The faculties of pleasure, pain, happiness, sadness, and equanimity.1.4Yato kho, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako imesaṁ pañcannaṁ indriyānaṁ samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti—A noble disciple comes to truly understand these five 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.”

1.6Dutiyaṁ.