The Complete Destruction of Three Fetters

With the complete destruction of three fetters, he is a seven-times-at-most attainer who, after roaming and wandering on among heavenly beings and humans seven times at most, makes an end of discontentedness.

With the complete destruction of three fetters, he is a family-to-family attainer who, after roaming and wandering on among wholesome families two or three times, makes an end of discontentedness.

With the complete destruction of three fetters, he is a one-seed attainer who, after being reborn once more in human existence, makes an end of discontentedness.

(Reference: AN 3.87)

In this Teaching from Gotama Buddha, he shares how a Stream-Enterer will have eliminated the first three fetters/taints/pollution of mind and is reborn for a maximum of seven (7) times before attaining Enlightenment to eliminate discontentedness.

A Stream-Enterer who is reborn back into the human realm two or three more times being reborn into wholesome families and then attains Enlightenment is being described as “a family-to-family attainer who, after roaming and wandering on among wholesome families two or three times, makes an end of discontentedness”. This is a “family-to-family attainer”.

A Stream-Enterer who is reborn back into the human realm and then attains Enlightenment is being described as “a one-seed attainer who, after being reborn once more in human existence, makes an end of discontentedness”. This is a “one-seed attainer”.

The Buddha had wisdom of The Path to Enlightenment beyond that of anyone during his lifetime or since his lifetime. In this Teaching, he provides detailed explanations of three (3) different types of Stream-Enterers. As long as you know what a Stream-Enterer is and how to attain this Stage of Enlightenment by eliminating the first three fetters/taints/pollutions of mind, that will provide you the wisdom needed to progress to Enlightenment. The level of detail shared by The Buddha in this particular Teaching is a level of depth that the average Practitioner will not need on their journey to Enlightenment.