Sunday 23 August 2009

Mirror of the Dhamma - Four things Posssessed by Sotapannas

This list is from the Sa.myutta Nikaaya, Mahavagga, SN.V.55.8.
  1. confirmed confidence in the Buddha
  2. confirmed confidence in the Dhamma
  3. confirmed confidence in the Sangha of Ariyapuggala (noble ones - enlightened beings)
  4. possess the virtues (Siila) dear to the noble ones, unbroken, untorn, unblemished, unmottled, freeing, praised by the wise, ungrasped, leading to concentration.

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