Stream-Entry: What Actually Changes?
This is where Buddhism becomes sharply non-vague.
Define stream-entry using sutta criteria and identify which fetters it cuts.
Core Teachings
Key concepts with source texts
The suttas tie stream-entry to irreversible alignment with the path and specific fetter-cuts (identity view, doubt, misapprehension of practices).
From the Source Texts
""Whatever is subject to arising is subject to cessation.""
Commentary
This isn’t just philosophy—it’s the insight pattern that begins irreversible change.
Audit your views: where do you still assume a fixed self? Where do you still assume rituals/practices are salvific by themselves? Where is doubt a shield against doing the work?
Study Materials
Primary sources with guided reading
SN 55 — Sotāpatti-saṁyutta (Stream-entry collection)
Use multiple suttas to triangulate criteria; don’t rely on one definition.
Additional Resources
Study the fetter model as a map of what is actually uprooted over time.
Write your thoughts before revealing answers
Consider these points:
- •Does your doubt lead to practice experiments or to avoidance?
- •Does it refine right view or stall it?
- •Does it reduce suffering or maintain it?
Your Thoughts
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Which pattern best matches ‘doubt’ as a hindrance/fetter in the early texts?