What is the difference between an Ariyan person on the path of stream-entry and an Ariyan person having the fruit of stream-entry? And what is the difference, if any, between faith-follower (saddhanusari) Ariyan and truth-follower (dhammanusari) Ariyan at this initial stage? I thought I had already...

Greetings, But what does the expression "verified confidence" mean? Is it translation of saddha, or something else, like that understanding or accepting the idea of kamma well enough so as to avoid negative kamma. I take it to mean that the "house-builder" has been discovered, a...

Licchavi Sutta: To the Licchavi http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn55/sn55.030.than.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; On one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Vesali in the Gabled Hall in the Great Forest. Then Nandaka, the chief minister of the Licchav...

This might not add to the discussion but I personally prefer the term "stream-enterer" rather than "stream-winner". The word "winner" puts too much emphases on a prize of some sorts while "enterer" place more emphasis on accomplishing an important step on the...

According to Je Tsongkhapa (founder of the Tibetan Geluk School ), dependent origination and selflessness (or emptiness) of phenomena are the same. This happens to conform with Theravada sources. (Not all, but most, as the Theravada is a huge and varieted School.) For instance, in one Pali Sutta, af...