Reply To: Is it possible to attain stream-entry during the time of death?

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Jittananto
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Hi Saurabh! It is possible to attain any magga phala at the time of death. If you are destined to attain Nibbāna and you have not committed any bad anantariya kamma, it is inevitable that you will be an ariya.

Paṭhamasaraṇānisakkasutta

Mahānāma, Sarakāni the Sakyan undertook the training at the time of his death.”

Saraṇāni, mahānāma, sakko maraṇakāle sikkhaṁ samādiyī”ti.

  • Sarakāni became a sotāpanna at the time of death.