Theanāgāmin is not reborn into the human world after death, but into the heaven of thePure Abodes, where onlyanāgāmins reside. There they attain full enlightenment (arahantship).
Ananāgāmin is free from the lowest five chains or fetters (Sanskrit:pañcāvarabhāgīya-saṃyojana; Pali:pañcorambhāgiyāni-saṃyojanāni; 五下分結) which are as follows:
Belief inātma or ego/self (Sanskrit:satkāya-dṛṣṭi orsvakāya-dṛṣṭi; Pāli:sakkāya-diṭṭhi; 有身見)
Attachment to rites and rituals (Sanskrit:śīlavrata-parāmarśa-dṛṣṭi; Pāli:sīlabbata-parāmāsa-diṭṭhi; 戒禁取見)
The remaining five higher fetters (Sanskrit:pañca-ūrdhvabhāgiya-saṃyojana; Pali:pañcuddhambhāgiyāni-saṃyojanāni; 五上分結) from which an anāgāmin is not yet free are:
Craving for fine-material existence (the first 4jhanas) (rūparāga; 色貪)
Craving for immaterial existence (the last 4 jhanas) (arūparāga; 無色貪)
Kāmarāga andvyāpāda, which they are free from, can also be interpreted as craving for becoming and non-becoming, respectively.
Anāgāmins are at an intermediate stage between thesakṛdāgāmin and thearhat. An arhat enjoys complete freedom from the tenfetters, while ananāgāmin's mind remains very pure.
He will attain arhatship immediately after rebirth or within the first half of his life in the Pure Abodes. Such a being is called "one who reaches Nibbāna within the first half of the life" (Sanskrit:antarāparinirvāyin; Pali:antarā-parinibbāyī).
He will attain arhatship within the latter half of his life in the Pure Abodes or at the moment of death. Such a being is called "one who reaches Nibbāna after crossing half the life-time" (Sanskrit:upapadyaparinirvāyin; Pali:upahacca-parinibbāyī).
He exerts himself to the point of attaining arhatship. Such a being is called "one who reaches Nibbāna with exertion" (Sanskrit:sābhisaṃskāraparinirvāyin; Pali:sasankhāra-parinibbāyī).
He does not exert himself, yet attains arhatship. Such a being is called "one who reaches Nibbāna without exertion" (Sanskrit:anabhisaṃskāraparinirvāyin; Pali:asankhāra-parinibbāyī).
He traverses the five heavens of the Pure Abodes in order from lowest to highest before attaining arhatship. Such a being is called "one who passes up-stream to the highest gods" (Sanskrit:ūrdhvasrotas; Pali:uddhamsota-akanittha-gāmī)."
^Karashima, Seishi; Vorobyova-Desyatovskaya, Margarita I., eds. (2015)."The Avadāna Anthology from Merv, Turkmenistan"(PDF).Buddhist Manuscripts from Central Asia: The St. Petersburg Sanskrit Fragments.1. Tokyo: The Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences; The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology; Soka University. Retrieved2019-10-25.
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