Friends:
How does the Stream-Enterer
approach Nibbana?
Once in
Savatthi the Blessed
Buddha
said this:
Bhikkhus, a
Noble Disciple who possesses four things is a
Stream-Enterer!
no longer bound to the lower worlds, fixed in destiny, with
Enlightenment as his assured destination.
Well established on these
4 factors
of Stream-Entry one should develop further six things, that contribute
to true knowledge:
1: One should dwell observing the impermanence of all phenomena.
2: One should dwell experiencing the suffering in all, which is
impermanent.
3: One should dwell experiencing the impersonality of all, which is
suffering.
4: One should dwell experiencing the gradual withdrawal by
relinquishment.
5: One should dwell experiencing the fading away of desire by
disillusion,
6: One should dwell experiencing the calmed ceasing of all craving...
It is in exactly this way that you should train yourself!
Source (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya. [V:345]
section 55: Sotāpattisamyutta. Thread 3: Dighāvu...
Notes: The Stream Winner!
A Stream-Enterer (Sotāpanna) has a maximum of 7 lives left before his
Enlightenment. He/she cannot be reborn in hell, as ghost, animal, or as
angry demon, & is thus safe from downfall!
Further details see:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/s_t/sotaapanna.htm
More on becoming grounded
by Entering the Stream:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_4_Doors.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Stream-Enterer.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Stream_Entrance.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Links_to_Stream_Entry.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/a/ariya_puggala.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Helpers_to_Stream_Entry.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Entering_the_Stream_Supreme.htm