I have revised the chart in my above comment to make it a bit more clear that an anariya is not “free from dukkha“ after attaining jhana or samapatti; i.e., no realm in the 31 realms within this world can provide refuge from suffering.
- Release from dukkha is possible ONLY by fully comprehending the Four Noble Truths/Paticca Samuppada/Tilakkhana.
- That necessarily involves Vipassana or “cultivating panna (wisdom).” That means understanding the fundamental concepts.
- That understanding starts at the Sotapanna Anugami stage, grows through the Sotapanna, Sakadagami, and Anagami stages, and culminates in the Arahant stage.
P.S. Understanding “distorted saññā” can help get to the Sotapanna and higher stages of Nibbana.
- See “Sotapanna Stage via Understanding Perception (Saññā).”
- The main point is that most vedana (that we attach to) are “mind-made vedana” based on “distorted saññā.“ See, for example, “ Mūlapariyāya Sutta – The Root of All Things” and “Fooled by Distorted Saññā (Sañjānāti) – Origin of Attachment (Taṇhā)”
