Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c8.s2.t3.60
Aspects of Mahāyāna Buddhism and its Relation to Hīnayāna c8.s2.t3.60
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c8.s2.t3.60
Those who are either Saddhānusārī or Dhammānusārī reach the second stage⁹ of the ariyamagga called sotāpattiphala, also called sattakkhattuparama (i.e., they are to have seven more births). Mention is made of specific qualities, which an adept must possess in order to become a sotāpanna. In the Saṃyutta Nikāya,¹⁰ Sāriputta asks Ānanda, “How many are the dhammas which one must give up as well as one must acquire for being a sotāpanno avinipātadhammo