What is stream entry?
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There are 3 fetters called "Self-view", "Doubt", "Grasping mere rules and rituals" to be eliminated by the Stream entry.
And there are conditions that a stream enterer must have already fulfilled, according to the Theravada Texts. (Suttas, Abhidhamma, Commentaries, Visuddhimagga)
- He must have born with very higher level of merit and wisdom. (Pubba-yogavacara, Tihetuka-patisandhi)
- He must have practiced the correct interpretation of the path among various representations of Dhamma. (in Visuddhimagga prologue)
- He must have gone through the each step of Seven-purifications. (last half is very higher level wisdoms)
- He must have gone through a series of "Paccavekkhana Nanas" after the attainment. (Paccavekkhana Nanas means wise minds that reflect back how he attained, after the attainment)
3rd point demands very higher knowledge and awareness about the degree of the elimination of fetters/defilements he has done, at each milestone of the path.
Especially the 4th point says "if one has attained stream entry, he knows what he has done, very well."
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Stream Entry (SotΔpanna) is a particular state in which someone practicing the dharma has broken the first three fetters (impediments to advancement). These are:
- The fetter of self-view: the belief that there is an I/me (a self) that is eternal and unchanging, or by contrast the rejection of such a belief. One comes to realize it is an unimportant question that causes headaches.
- The fetter of rites and rituals: the belief that one can reach liberation merely through the observance of rites, rituals, ethical strictures, or other 'formal' practices. One comes to realize that one must engage the dharma more deeply through meditation.
- The fetter of doubt: an intellectual understanding of the dharma that is subject to question, which is replaced by an experience of the fruits of practice that is beyond doubt.
The cessation of mental activity for a brief moment may or may not be sufficient to break the third fetter; only you can say whether you still have doubts. It is a useful and interesting experience in any case, one which demonstrates that your practice is sound. But don't worry (or think) too much about it. An undue focus on the meaning or significance of events can lead you back into the second fetter, where you ritualize the appearance of certain states as symbols of progress.
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