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Is a Dhamma follower always a stream entrant?

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Is a Dhamma follower always a stream entrant? According to MN 70 : > “What kind of person is a Dhamma-follower? Here some person does not > contact with the body and abide in those liberations that are peaceful > and immaterial, transcending forms, and his taints are not yet > destroyed by his seeing with wisdom, **but those teachings proclaimed by > the Tathāgata are accepted by him after reflecting on them > sufficiently with wisdom. Furthermore, he has these qualities: the > faith faculty, the energy faculty, the mindfulness faculty, the > concentration faculty, and the wisdom faculty. This kind of person is > called a Dhamma-follower.** I say of such a bhikkhu that he still has > work to do with diligence. Why is that? Because when that venerable > one…into homelessness. Seeing this fruit of diligence for such a > bhikkhu, I say that he still has work to do with diligence.
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Feb 19, 2019, 06:31 AM
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