In early Buddhism we find four stages through which we progress in our journey to awakening. We will discuss each of the four and look at one recent scholarly history that may uncover how these stages developed. We will then consider how the concepts of four stages may be problematic to our practice, and how conversely they may be useful.
Thanks to Gremlon Icus for raising the question!
Free mini-course at the Online Dharma Institute: onlinedharma.org.
Support the work we do together and get course discounts at: / dougsseculardharma
Facebook: / onlinedharmainstitute
Twitter: / dougsdharma
Suttas mentioned in this video:
suttacentral.net/dn6/en/sujato
suttacentral.net/an4.241/en/s...
suttacentral.net/an9.27/en/su...
suttacentral.net/sn55.6/en/su...
suttacentral.net/sn55.53/en/s...
Recent discussion over on SuttaCentral:
discourse.suttacentral.net/t/...
Reference article:
Joy Manné, “Case Histories From the Pāli Canon II: Sotāpanna, Sakadāgāmin, Anāgāmin, Arahat - The Four Stages Case History or Spiritual Materialism and the Need for Tangible Results”. In Journal of the Pāli Text Society XXI, 1995, pp. 35-128.
Thanks to Patrons:
Matthew Smith
Kathy Voldstad
slidnbob
Thissapunyo
JC
Pritom Phookun
Shantha Wengappuli
poikkiki
jonitomato
Margo
Karma_CAC
Johan Thelander
Michael Roe
Joseph Kingsley
Jorge Seguel
#onlinedharmainstitute #buddhism #earlybuddhism #secularbuddhism
Негізгі бет Gauging Progress on the Buddhist Path: The Traditional Four Stages
Пікірлер: 109