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Source: Buddhist Door: GlossaryAlso called the "Four Fruits", the "Four Rewards", or the "Four Phala". These are four grades of arhatship, namely: 1. Srota apanna (Srota apanna in Sanskrit, Sota panna in Pali) : has entered the stream of holy living; the first stage of the arhat, that of a Sravaka 2. Sakrdagamin (Sakrdagamin in Sanskrit, Sakadagamin in Pali) : comes to be born once more; the second grade of arhatship involving only one birth 3. Anagamin: will not be reborn in this world (i.e. Six Paths), but in the Form Realm or Formless Realm, where he will attain to Nirvana 4. Arhat: enters Nirvana. All Karma of reincarnation is destroyed. He also reaches a state of no longer learning. He is the highest Saint in Hinayana in contrast with the Bodhisattva as the Saint in MahayanaSee also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text: Four Phala, Arhan, Anagamin, Kushala.
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Visuddhimagga (the pah of purification) (by Ñāṇamoli Bhikkhu)
The Seven Kinds of Noble Persons < [Chapter XXI - Purification by Knowledge and Vision of the Way]
B. The Taste of the Noble Fruit < [Chapter XXIII - The Benefits in Developing Understanding]
A. Description of the Bases (āyatana) < [Chapter XV - The Bases and Elements (āyatana-dhātu-niddesa)]
Vastu-shastra (2): Town Planning (by D. N. Shukla)
The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Part 7 - The Great Homage paid by the Devas and Brahmās < [Chapter 7 - The Attainment of Buddhahood]
Part 10e - How the Perfection of Energy, etc., are fulfilled < [Chapter 7 - On Miscellany]
Buddha Chronicle 4: Sumana Buddhavaṃsa < [Chapter 9 - The chronicle of twenty-four Buddhas]
Fundamentals of Vipassana Meditation (by Venerable Mahāsi Sayādaw)
The Buddhist Path to Enlightenment (study) (by Dr Kala Acharya)
4.2.5. Faculty of Wisdom (Paññindriya or Prajñā) < [Chapter 2 - Five Groups of Factor]
Dhyana in the Buddhist Literature (by Truong Thi Thuy La)
2.3: Mindfulness (d): The Contemplation of Mental Objects (Dhamma) < [Chapter 2 - The Dhyāna as depicted in Hinayāna Literature]
2.2: (1c) The Four Jhānas and Their Development < [Chapter 2 - The Dhyāna as depicted in Hinayāna Literature]