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¥àõadassana-visuddhi comprises four maggas which
comprehend the four Noble Truths directly and purify the mind
from all defilements stage by stage as described below.
1 Sotàpattimagga – It is the first magga attainable by yogis.
It may be regarded as the first stage of Sainthood.
Sota – the stream leading to Nibbàna,
Apatti – entering for the first time,
Magga – the noble Eightfold Path.
Sotàpattimagga annihilates two kilesas (defilements)
viz., diññhi and vicikicchà and three Fetters (Samyojana)
namely, sakkàya-diññhi, vicikicchà and sãlabbataparàmàsa.
Sakkàya-diññhi – personality belief taking the complex
combination of psycho-physical aggregates as person
or self or I.
Vicikicchà – Sceptical doubt about (1) the Buddha,
(2) the Dhamma, (3) the Sangha, (4) the Training, (5) the
past lives, (6) the future lives, (7) both the past and the
future lives, and (8) the Law of Dependent Origination.
Sãlabbataparàmàsa – adherence to the false view that
one becomes pure and thus be liberated by bovine and
canine morality or by rites and ceremonies.
2 Sakadàgàmi-magga – It is the second magga attainable and
may be regarded as the second stage of Sainthood. It
does not annihilate any of the remaining kilesas and
Fetter; but it reduces the strength of these defilements.
3 Anàgàmi-magga – It is the third magga attainable and may
be regarded as the third stage of Sainthood. It annihilates
one more kilesa, i.e., dosa (hatred), and two more Fetters
– namely, kàmaràga and pañigha.