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THE WORDS OF THE BUDDHA — VOLUME 5

The First Stage of Enlightenment (Stream-Enterer)

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Explore The Buddha’s Teachings on the first Stage of Enlightenment, the qualities and understanding of a Stream-Enterer, the fetters abandoned, and the factors that lead to Stream-Entry.

Table of Contents

Chapter
Title
Begin Here
Before You Begin
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Note
Note from Author
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Preface
The First Stage of Enlightenment (Stream-Enterer)
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Chapter 1
The Mirror of the Stream-Enterer
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Chapter 2
Who is a Stream-Enterer? (First Discourse)
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Chapter 3
Who is a Stream-Enterer? (Second Discourse)
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Chapter 4
A Stream-Enterer Possesses The Noble Eight Fold Path
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Chapter 5
Eliminating The Five Dangers and Hostiles as A Stream-Enterer
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Chapter 6
A Stream-Enterer Understands The Five Aggregates
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Chapter 7
A Stream-Enterer Understands The Six Sense Bases
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Chapter 8
Two Kinds of Stream Entering
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Chapter 9
Fruit of Stream Entry
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Chapter 10
The Stream-Enterer Fulfills Virtuous Behavior But Cultivates Concentration and Wisdom Only to a Moderate Extent
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Chapter 11
The Complete Destruction of Three Fetters
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Chapter 12
Abandoning Six Things One Is Capable of Realizing Accomplishment in View
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Chapter 13
A Stream-Enterer Understands as They Really are the Cause and the Passing Away of the World
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Chapter 14
Dependent Origination: Condition, Cause, Elimination & The Way (First Discourse)
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Chapter 15
A Stream-Enterer Understands Condition, the Cause, the Elimination, and the Way Leading to the Elimination of Condition
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Chapter 16
The Forty-Four Cases of Wisdom
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Chapter 17
The Seventy-Seven Cases of Wisdom
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Chapter 18
Wisdom of the Principle and Wisdom of Entailment (A Stream-Enterer)
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Chapter 19
A Stream-Enterer Has Abandoned Confusion in the Case of ‘Clinging to Aggregates’
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Chapter 20
A Stream-Enterer Has Abandoned Confusion in the Case of ‘Nothing Matters’
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Chapter 21
Six Benefits in Realizing the Fruit of Stream-Entry
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Chapter 22
A Stream-Enterer is Worth More Than Being a Wheel-Turning Monarch
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Chapter 23
There Cannot Be Alteration in a Stream-Enterer
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Chapter 24
Six Cases of Incapability by One Accomplished in View (First Discourse)
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Chapter 25
Six Cases of Incapability by One Accomplished in View (Second Discourse)
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Chapter 26
Six Cases of Incapability by One Accomplished in View (Third Discourse)
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Chapter 27
Six Cases of Incapability by One Accomplished in View (Fourth Discourse)
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Chapter 28
The Noble Eight Fold Path The Way of Practice Leading to the Elimination of Discontentedness
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Chapter 29
How a Stream-Enterer is Called
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Chapter 30
The Ten Fetters
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Chapter 31
The Noble Method is to Understand Dependent Origination
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Chapter 32
The Little Bit of Soil in the Fingernail
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Chapter 33
The Achievement of Other Communities Cannot Compare with the Achievement of a Noble Disciple
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Chapter 34
A Noble One with Developed Sense Bases
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Chapter 35
Difference in Understanding of Teachings Between A Stream-Enterer and An Arahant (First Discourse)
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Chapter 36
Difference in Understanding of Teachings Between A Stream-Enterer and An Arahant (Second Discourse)
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Chapter 37
One Who Cultivates Fully Reaches Fulfillment One Who Cultivates in Parts Succeeds in Part
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Chapter 38
Seven Kinds of Persons Found Existing in the World Similar to Those in Water
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Chapter 39
Nine Persons Passing Away with a Residue Remaining Are Freed from Hell
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Chapter 40
A Stream-Enterer Knowing and Seeing in These Ways
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Chapter 41
Death at the Door of Deathless (Enlightenment)
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Chapter 42
Ten Abodes of the Noble Ones The Mind is Liberated by Wisdom
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Chapter 43
One Who Abandons The Taints that Should Be Abandoned by Seeing
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Chapter 44
Right Views of Various Kinds
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Chapter 45
Factors for Stream Entry (First Discourse)
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Chapter 46
Factors for Stream Entry (Second Discourse)
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Chapter 47
Factors for Stream Entry (Third Discourse)
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Chapter 48
Factors for Stream Entry (Fourth Discourse)
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Chapter 49
The Benefit of These Four Things
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Chapter 50
One Who is a Trainee
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Chapter 51
Virtue Lower Than the Stream-Enterer That Does Not Lead to Bad Destinations
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Chapter 52
The Seven Factors of the Fruit of Stream-Entry
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Chapter 53
Encourage, Settle, and Establish in The Four Factors of Stream-Entry
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Author
Author
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Restoration
Restoration of The Buddha’s Teachings: The Path to Enlightenment
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The Goal
The Goal: An Entire Species of Enlightened Beings
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Why I Teach
Why Have I Decided to Teach The Path to Enlightenment as Taught by Gotama Buddha?
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Why Thailand
Why I Reside and Teach in Thailand?
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Invitation
Invitation to Learn
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Begin Here

Before You Begin

Note

Note from Author

Preface

The First Stage of Enlightenment (Stream-Enterer)

Chapter 1

The Mirror of the Stream-Enterer

Chapter 2

Who is a Stream-Enterer? (First Discourse)

Chapter 3

Who is a Stream-Enterer? (Second Discourse)

Chapter 4

A Stream-Enterer Possesses The Noble Eight Fold Path

Chapter 5

Eliminating The Five Dangers and Hostiles as A Stream-Enterer

Chapter 6

A Stream-Enterer Understands The Five Aggregates

Chapter 7

A Stream-Enterer Understands The Six Sense Bases

Chapter 8

Two Kinds of Stream Entering

Chapter 9

Fruit of Stream Entry

Chapter 10

The Stream-Enterer Fulfills Virtuous Behavior But Cultivates Concentration and Wisdom Only to a Moderate Extent

Chapter 11

The Complete Destruction of Three Fetters

Chapter 12

Abandoning Six Things One Is Capable of Realizing Accomplishment in View

Chapter 13

A Stream-Enterer Understands as They Really are the Cause and the Passing Away of the World

Chapter 14

Dependent Origination: Condition, Cause, Elimination & The Way (First Discourse)

Chapter 15

A Stream-Enterer Understands Condition, the Cause, the Elimination, and the Way Leading to the Elimination of Condition

Chapter 16

The Forty-Four Cases of Wisdom

Chapter 17

The Seventy-Seven Cases of Wisdom

Chapter 18

Wisdom of the Principle and Wisdom of Entailment (A Stream-Enterer)

Chapter 19

A Stream-Enterer Has Abandoned Confusion in the Case of ‘Clinging to Aggregates’

Chapter 20

A Stream-Enterer Has Abandoned Confusion in the Case of ‘Nothing Matters’

Chapter 21

Six Benefits in Realizing the Fruit of Stream-Entry

Chapter 22

A Stream-Enterer is Worth More Than Being a Wheel-Turning Monarch

Chapter 23

There Cannot Be Alteration in a Stream-Enterer

Chapter 24

Six Cases of Incapability by One Accomplished in View (First Discourse)

Chapter 25

Six Cases of Incapability by One Accomplished in View (Second Discourse)

Chapter 26

Six Cases of Incapability by One Accomplished in View (Third Discourse)

Chapter 27

Six Cases of Incapability by One Accomplished in View (Fourth Discourse)

Chapter 28

The Noble Eight Fold Path The Way of Practice Leading to the Elimination of Discontentedness

Chapter 29

How a Stream-Enterer is Called

Chapter 30

The Ten Fetters

Chapter 31

The Noble Method is to Understand Dependent Origination

Chapter 32

The Little Bit of Soil in the Fingernail

Chapter 33

The Achievement of Other Communities Cannot Compare with the Achievement of a Noble Disciple

Chapter 34

A Noble One with Developed Sense Bases

Chapter 35

Difference in Understanding of Teachings Between A Stream-Enterer and An Arahant (First Discourse)

Chapter 36

Difference in Understanding of Teachings Between A Stream-Enterer and An Arahant (Second Discourse)

Chapter 37

One Who Cultivates Fully Reaches Fulfillment One Who Cultivates in Parts Succeeds in Part

Chapter 38

Seven Kinds of Persons Found Existing in the World Similar to Those in Water

Chapter 39

Nine Persons Passing Away with a Residue Remaining Are Freed from Hell

Chapter 40

A Stream-Enterer Knowing and Seeing in These Ways

Chapter 41

Death at the Door of Deathless (Enlightenment)

Chapter 42

Ten Abodes of the Noble Ones The Mind is Liberated by Wisdom

Chapter 43

One Who Abandons The Taints that Should Be Abandoned by Seeing

Chapter 44

Right Views of Various Kinds

Chapter 45

Factors for Stream Entry (First Discourse)

Chapter 46

Factors for Stream Entry (Second Discourse)

Chapter 47

Factors for Stream Entry (Third Discourse)

Chapter 48

Factors for Stream Entry (Fourth Discourse)

Chapter 49

The Benefit of These Four Things

Chapter 50

One Who is a Trainee

Chapter 51

Virtue Lower Than the Stream-Enterer That Does Not Lead to Bad Destinations

Chapter 52

The Seven Factors of the Fruit of Stream-Entry

Chapter 53

Encourage, Settle, and Establish in The Four Factors of Stream-Entry

Author

Author

Restoration

Restoration of The Buddha’s Teachings: The Path to Enlightenment

The Goal

The Goal: An Entire Species of Enlightened Beings

Why I Teach

Why Have I Decided to Teach The Path to Enlightenment as Taught by Gotama Buddha?

Why Thailand

Why I Reside and Teach in Thailand?

Invitation

Invitation to Learn

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