Sutta / Saṁyutta Nikāya / SN 55: Sotāpattisaṁyutta / SN 55.24: Paṭhamasaraṇānisakkasutta

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Reading: SN 55.24-25: Sarakāni Read by Ajahn Pasanno. [Stream entry] [Intoxicants] [Death]

Death and Dying [2014], Session 1, Excerpt 5

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“Why is the story of Sarakāni controversial in Sri Lanka?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Stream entry] [Intoxicants] [History/Sri Lankan Buddhism] [Death] // [Stages of awakening]

Sutta: SN 55.24-25: Sarakāni

Comment by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo regarding the wide range of views about stream entry. [Views]

Death and Dying [2014], Session 1, Excerpt 9

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“What about Sarakāni (SN 55.24-25), the stream enterer who took to drink?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Stream entry] [Intoxicants] // [Ajahn Chah] [Precepts]

Story: Ajahn Chah takes in a gangster. [Crime]

The Teaching and the Training [2018], Session 3, Excerpt 5