Buddha Abhidhamma - Ultimate Science - BuddhaNet

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The landmark of this stage of purity is Yathà-bhåta-¤àõa (the
knowledge which can discern the reality correctly) or Paccayapariggaha-¤àõa
(the knowledge which embraces all the causes of
mental and corporeal phenomena).
Cåla-Sotàpanna (Junior Stream-winner)
‘Sotàpanna’ is a noble person (Ariya) who has eliminated diññhi
and vicikicchà completely. He will never be reborn in the apàya
abodes and he is destined to enter Nibbàna in no more than seven
rebirths in the kàma-planes.
Now the yogi, who has attained Nàma-råpa-pariccheda-¤àõa
and Paccaya-pariggaha-¤àõa, has temporarily eliminated diññhi and
vicikicchà as described above. So he resembles a sotàpanna but he
is not a sotàpanna yet. He is called a cåla-sotàpanna meaning a
junior-sotàpanna. He will not be reborn in the apàya abodes in
his subsequent life.
The two knowledge, i.e. Nàma-råpa-pariccheda-¤àõa and
Paccaya-pariggaha-¤àõa are very important. They are the basic
knowledge in insight-meditations and they constitute the
foundations for the arising of ten vipassanà-¤àõas in later stages.
They are not included in vipassanà-¤àõas because they do not
concentrate on the three characteristic marks (Tilakkhaõa) of
existence. Nevertheless they reveal the insight nature of the ultimate
realities concerning nàma and råpa.
They are important because they eliminate the wrong or
evil views (micchà-diññhi) and strengthens the right view (sammàdiññhi).
The wrong views are rejected for being a source of evil
aspirations and conduct. It is stated in Anguttara Nikàya (Book
II, Sutta 22) that: