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InBuddhism, theSakadāgāmin (Pali; Sanskrit:Sakṛdāgāmin,Chinese:斯陀含 or 一往來;pinyin:sī tuó hán), "returning once"[1] or "once-returner," is a partiallyenlightened person, who has cut off the first threechains with which the ordinary mind is bound, and significantly weakened the fourth and fifth. Sakadagaminship is the second stage of thefour stages of enlightenment.
The Sakadagami will be reborn into the realm of the senses at most once more. If, however, they attain the next stage of enlightenment (Anagamiship) in this life, they will not come back to this world.
The three specific chains or fetters (Pali:saṃyojana) of which the Sakadagamin is free are:
1.Sakkāya-diṭṭhi (Pali) - Belief in self (ātman)
2.Sīlabbata-parāmāsa (Pali) - Attachment to rites and rituals
3.Vicikicchā (Pali) - Skeptical doubt
The Sakadagami also significantly weakened the chains of:
4.Kāma-rāga (Pali) - Sensuous craving
5.Vyāpāda (Pali) -Ill-will
Thus, the Sakadagamin is an intermediate stage between theSotapanna, who still has comparatively strong sensuous desire and ill-will, and theAnagami, who is completely free from sensuous desire and ill-will. A Sakadagami's mind is very pure. Thoughts connected with greed, hatred and delusion do not arise often, and when they do, do not become obsessive.
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