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

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Lal
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Thank you, Jittananto.

  • Yes. If one has become a Sotapanna Anugami, that person will attain the Sotapanna stage before dying (at least at the moment of death). 

Of course, one must have learned the correct Buddha Dhamma from an Ariya (a Noble Person) and must have become a Sotapanna Anugami at some point in that life.

  • That is explained in “Sōtapanna Anugāmi – No More Births in the Apāyā.” See #5 there, which is confirmed by the sutta that Jittananto provided.
  • The verse Jittananto quoted comes at the end of that sutta.
  • Of course, if one has not become a Sotapanna Anugami up to the moment of death, attaining the Sotapanna stage at the moment of death will not be possible.

 

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