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been reborn spontaneously in the Brahma realm. She died a Non-returner
(
Anāgāmi
), with no possibility of returning from that Brahma existence and will
realize Parinibbāna there.
Ānanda, through the eradication of the three fetters: wrong view of the five
aggregates as a self (
sakkāya-diṭṭhi
), uncertainty and doubts (
vicikicchā
) and
belief in religious practices outside of the noble path (
sīlabbata-parāmāsa
), and
through the lessening of passion (
rāga
), hatred (
dosa
) and delusion (
moha
),
Sudatta the devotee was a Once-returner (
Sakadāgāmi
). He will make an end of
suffering (
dukkha
) after being reborn in the human world only once.
Ānanda, through the eradication of the three fetters: the wrong view of the five
aggregates as a self, uncertainty, and belief in religious practices outside of the
noble path, Sujātā the female devotee, was a Stream-enterer (
Sotāpanna
), who is
not liable to fall into the four lower worlds of the downfall (
apāya
), destined for
the fortunate existences, and is firmly set on the path of spiritual progress
marked by the three higher paths.
Ānanda, the devotee named Kukkuṭa … Kāḷimba … Nikaṭa … Kaṭissaha … The
devotee named Tuṭṭha … Santutta … Bhaddha … the devotee named Subhadda,
through the eradication of the five fetters that lead to rebirth in the sensuous
sphere, the lower planes of existence, has been reborn spontaneously in the
Brahma realm. He died a Non-returner (
Anāgāmi
), with no possibility of
returning from that Brahma existence and will realize Parinibbāna there.
Ānanda over 50 devotees from Nātika village who have died were Non-
returners (
Anāgāmi
) by virtue of having eradicated the five fetters that lead to
rebirth in the sensuous sphere, the lower planes of existence, destined for
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spontaneous rebirth in the Brahma realm, with no possibility of returning from
that Brahma existence and they will realize Parinibbāna there.
Ānanda over 90 devotees of Nātika village who have died were Once-returners
(
Sakadāgāmi
), who had eradicated the three fetters: Wrong view of the five
aggregates as a self (
sakkāya-diṭṭhi
), uncertainty and doubts (
vicikicchā
), belief
in religious practices outside of the noble path (
sīlabbata-parāmāsa
), and have
lessened passion (
rāga
), hatred (
dosa
) and delusion (
moha
). They will make an
end of suffering (
dukkha
) after being reborn in the human world only once.
Ānanda, over 500 devotees from Nātika village, who have died, were Stream-
enterers through the eradication of the three fetters. They are not liable to fall