Question about sotapanna insight

xtracorrupt · Post by **xtracorrupt** » Wed Nov 21, 2012 1:36 am

When one becomes a ''sotapanna'' is it the realization that one does not actually need anything?

I was wondering this because I was wondering if one realized he had no needs and then his next desire was happiness, would he achieve only happiness?

lowlydog · Post by **lowlydog** » Wed Nov 21, 2012 1:53 am

Nope.
Human beings have needs.

xtracorrupt · Post by **xtracorrupt** » Wed Nov 21, 2012 4:08 am

lowlydog wrote:Nope.
Human beings have needs.

Ok, but a sotapanna doesn't need identity though, so he can't use identity as a justification for need.

lowlydog · Post by **lowlydog** » Wed Nov 21, 2012 12:04 pm

xtracorrupt wrote: Ok, but a sotapanna doesn't need identity though, so he can't use identity as a justification for need.

A sotapanna has merely glimpsed Nibanna, there are still many fetters remaining to give one a sense of self. But a sotapanna knows this is an illusion, so the sense of self is not as strong.

floating_abu · Post by **floating_abu** » Wed Nov 21, 2012 4:12 pm

xtracorrupt wrote:When one becomes a ''sotapanna'' is it the realization that one does not actually need anything?

I was wondering this because I was wondering if one realized he had no needs and then his next desire was happiness, would he achieve only happiness?

Hi xtracorrupt,

No offence, but this is like asking how does chocolate ice-cream taste.

Well wishes,

Abu

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