Reading guide
Confirmed: the predicted companion discourse
This project's own SN 48.2 correctly anticipated that its own “(1st)” title signaled a companion discourse — confirmed here by direct reading, this discourse's own title, “Dutiyasotāpanna-sutta” (“A Stream-Enterer, Second Version”), is that exact companion.
Five angles, not three -- origin and disappearance added
Confirmed by direct reading, this discourse's own condition for stream-entry adds TWO further angles beyond SN 48.2's own threefold lens: “samudaya” (origin) and “atthaṅgama” (disappearance), preceding the same gratification, drawback, and escape already met, giving this discourse a fuller, fivefold analytical framework applied to the identical five faculties.
The identical closing formula, despite the expanded condition
Confirmed by direct reading, despite the expanded fivefold condition, this discourse closes with the IDENTICAL stream-entry formula already met at SN 48.2 — “sotāpanno avinipātadhammo niyato sambodhiparāyaṇo” — confirming both discourses describe the same attainment, reached through two different degrees of analytical thoroughness.
Key terms
The text
§1“Mendicants, there are these five faculties. What five? The faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom. A noble disciple comes to truly understand these five faculties’ origin, disappearance, gratification, drawback, and escape. Such a noble disciple is called a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening.”
Self-check quiz
3 questions. Click an answer to see immediate feedback. No score is recorded — this is for your own checking.