Stream-Entry: the 4 Factors "NEW"

27/03/2011 19:32

 

 "And which are the four factors of stream-entry with which he is endowed?

"There is the case where the disciple of the noble ones is endowed with perfect confidence in the Buddha ... perfect confidence in the Dhamma... perfect confidence in the Sangha... He is endowed with virtues that are appealing to the noble ones: unbroken, unbroken, unspotted, unsplattered, liberating, praised by the wise, untarnished, leading to concentration."

"These are the four factors of stream-entry with which he is endowed.

AN 10.92 Vera Sutta: Animosity


 

Katamehi catūhi sotāpattiyaṅgehi samannāgato hoti:

Katamehi catūhi sotāpatti-yaṅgehi (inst. pl.)= the four factors of stream entry

samannāgato hoti:= is endowed

Idha gahapati ariyasāvako buddhe aveccappasādena samannāgato hoti: (…) Dhamme aveccappasādena samannāgato hoti: (...)Saṅghe aveccappasādena samannāgato hoti: '(...)

ariyasāvako = a disciple of the noble ones

buddhe (loc. sg.) avecca-ppasādena (inst. sg.) = with perfect confidence in the Buddha

Ariyakantehi sīlehi samannāgato hoti, akhaṇḍehi acchiddehi asabalehi akammāsehi bhujissehi viññūppasatthehi aparāmaṭṭhehi samādhisaṃvattanikehi

Ariya-kantehi sīlehi (inst. pl.) = with the virtues loved by the Noble ones

akhaṇḍehi acchiddehi asabalehi akammāsehi bhujissehi viññūppasatthehi aparāmaṭṭhehi samādhis-aṃvattanikehi = uunbroken, without defect, unspotted, unblemished, liberating, praised by the wise, incorrupt, leading to concentration."

imehi catūhi sotāpattiyaṅgehi samannāgato hoti.