Hallo C. Saket,
Yes, read your post with interest.
I belief, the sutta’s transmitt that the sotapanna stage can be realised by applying the contemplation of anicca, dukkha and anatta to the khandha’s subject to clinging (SN22.122).
In the patisambhidamagga (treatise on insight, §9, this is said: contemplate on the khandha’s: as impermanent, as painful, as a disease, as a boil, as a dart, as a calamity, as an affliction, as alien, as disintegrating, as a plague, a disaster, a terror, a menace, as fickle, perishable, unenduring, as no protection, no shelter, no refuge, as empty, vain, void, not-self, as a danger, as subject to change, as having no core, as the root of calamity, as murderous, as duet o be annihilated, as subject to cankers, as formed, as Mara’s bait, as connected with the idea of birth, as connected with the idea of aging, as connected with the idea of ailment, as connected with the idea of death, as connected with the idea of sorrow, as connected with the idea of lamentation, as connected tot he idea of despair, as connected with the idea of defilement.
What is the contemplation of anicca, dukka and anatta?
Contemplation of dukkha
as painful is contemplation of dukkha
as disease is contemplation of dukkha
as a boil is contemplation of dukkha
as a dart is is contemplation of dukkha
as a calamity is contemplation of dukkha
as an affliction is contemplation of dukkha
as a plague is contemplation of dukkha
as a disaster is contemplation of dukkha
as a terror is contemplation of dukkha
as a menace is contemplation of dukkha
as no protection is contemplation of dukkha
as no shelter is contemplation of dukkha
as no refuge is contemplation of dukkha
as a danger is contemplation of dukkha
as the root of calamity is contemplation of dukkha
as murderous is contemplation of dukkha
as subject to cankers is contemplation of dukkha
as Mara’s materialistic bait is contemplation of dukkha
as connected with the idea of birth is contemplation of dukkha
as connected with the idea of aging is contemplation of dukkha
as connected with the idea of ailment is contemplation of dukkha
as connected with the idea of sorrow is contemplation of dukkha
as connected with the idea of lamentation is contemplation of dukkha
as connected tot he idea of despair is contemplation of dukkha
as connected with the idea of defilement is contemplation of dukkha
Contemplation of anicca
As impermanent is contemplation of anicca
As disintegrating is contemplation of anicca
As fickle is contemplation of anicca
As perishable is contemplation of anicca
As unenduring is contemplation of anicca
As subject to change is contemplation of anicca
As having no core is is contemplation of anicca
As due to be annihilated is contemplation of anicca
As formed is contemplation of anicca
As connected with the idea of death is contemplation of anicca
Contemplation of anatta (=sunnatanupassana)
As alien is contemplation of anatta
As empty is contemplation of anatta
As void is contemplation of anatta
As not-self is contemplation of anatta
In some way or the other those insight-meditations have to lead to disenchantment, to disillusion with the conditioned.
A lot of sutta’s emphasize this turning of the mind. If one really understands anicca, dukkha and anatta, one will loose the usual interest in the conditioned. This leads to three gateways of liberation, the emptiness, the signless and desireless. The door opens as it were.
I myself belief this itself is, however, not sotapanna stage. Maybe this loss of interest can be felt as cooling down, as some kind of happiness, because one really becomes less obsessed and less dreamy, more realistic, i feel this cannot be called sotapanna stage yet.
It is a preparation-stage for sotapanna and it can culiminate into sotapanna stage when the three fetters are really eliminated.
may we all realise sotapanna stage.
Siebe