Thank you very much sir, I will read the forum guidelines accordingly.
As to my exposure to the Dhamma ( I may be wrong about all of these):
- I am aware of the worldview of the Buddha Dhamma, and that there are 31 planes of existence which beings can be reborn into.
- I am aware that there are 4 levels or pairs (8 different kinds) of noble persons or stages of Nibbana that one can attain. It was after that I found out that one can become a sotapanna in this life, that I immediately started studying the Buddha Dhamma seriously.
- I am pretty sure that to become a sotapanna:
- One needs to comprehend the 1st Noble Truth
- Then one will understand Tilakkhana, and break the first (3?) fetters.
- Then one becomes a Sotapanna and is unable to commit any actions that will lead to the apayas
- Some guidance on what to specifically study and how to conduct myself everyday to become a Sotapanna would be invaluable and much appreciated.
- Also this website introduced the critical concept of sanna to me, and it changed how I percieved everything:
- For example, when I see an attractive person, I am mindful of the fact that it is my sanna that is depicting this person as beautiful/attractive, and that everything is mind-made.
- I have some knowledge of other topics, but I am nowhere near profiency yet.