sakadagamin

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relation to arhat ideal

  • In arhat

    …(sangha), (2) the “once-returner” (sakadagamin), who will be reborn only once in this realm, a state attained by diminishing lust, hatred, and illusion, (3) the “nonreturner” (anagamin), who, after death, will be reborn in a higher heaven, where he will become an arhat, a state attained by overcoming sensuous…

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role in Theravada Buddhism

  • In ariya-puggala

    …holy person is termed a sakadagamin (“once-returner”), or one who is destined to be reborn in the human world only once more before reaching nibbana. A third type of ariya-puggala is the anagamin (“never-returner”), or one who will not be reborn in the human realm and will enter the realm…

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