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How do I become a Saddhanussari or Dhammanussari and know if I have attained it?

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How do I become a Saddhanussari or Dhammanussari and how do I know if I have attained it? I think that the question above is clear enough. Just to add I have read their descriptions in the Suttas but from them, the answer to these questions are still unclear. He describes them as such: MN 70 > And what person is a **follower of the teachings** (**dhammanussari**)? It’s a person who > doesn’t have direct meditative experience of the peaceful liberations > that are formless, transcending form. Nevertheless, having seen with > wisdom, some of their defilements have come to an end. And they accept > the teachings proclaimed by the Realized One after considering them > with a degree of wisdom. And they have the following qualities: the > faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom. This > person is called a follower of the teachings. I say that this > mendicant also still has work to do with diligence. Why is that? > Thinking: ‘Hopefully this venerable will frequent appropriate > lodgings, associate with good friends, and control their faculties. > Then they might realize the supreme culmination of the spiritual path > in this very life, and live having achieved with their own insight the > goal for which gentlemen rightly go forth from the lay life to > homelessness.’ Seeing this fruit of diligence for this mendicant, I > say that they still have work to do with diligence. > >And what person is > a **follower by faith** (**saddhanussari**)? It’s a person who doesn’t have direct meditative > experience of the peaceful liberations that are formless, transcending > form. Nevertheless, having seen with wisdom, some of their defilements > have come to an end. And they have a degree of faith and love for the > Realized One. And they have the following qualities: the faculties of > faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom. This person is > called a follower by faith. I say that this mendicant also still has > work to do with diligence. Why is that? Thinking: ‘Hopefully this > venerable will frequent appropriate lodgings, associate with good > friends, and control their faculties. Then they might realize the > supreme culmination of the spiritual path in this very life, and live > having achieved with their own insight the goal for which gentlemen > rightly go forth from the lay life to homelessness.’ Seeing this fruit > of diligence for this mendicant, I say that they still have work to do > with diligence. How does one 'accept the teachings proclaimed by the Realized One after considering them with a degree of wisdom.'? Or 'have a degree of faith and love for the Realized One'? And how does one know that one has fulfilled this?
Asked by PDT (228 rep)
Apr 21, 2022, 10:10 AM
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