11/1/2015 – Stream Entry (1)

Michael guided our reflections today with a talk on Stream Entry, the first definitive stage of Awakening, after which there is really no turning back.

A variety of canonical readings on Stream Entry can be found at

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/search_results.html?cx=015061908441090246348%3Adj4lxnh4dda&cof=FORID%3A9%3BNB%3A1&ie=UTF-8&q=stream+entry&sa=Search

The story of Siddhartha’s bowl floating upstream can be found in

The Buddhacarita  or  Acts of the Buddha, Asvaghosa,

available on line at

http://www.ancient-buddhist-texts.net/Texts-and-Translations/Buddhacarita/

and in

The Hungry Tigress, Buddhist Legends and Jataka Tales, Rafe Martin, (Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1990)