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They are called “non-returner” because they will attain arhatship in this lifetime, without returning once more with a samsaric rebirth.
The Five Pathway Minds (Five Paths): Basic Presentation 2006
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They are called “non-returner” because they will attain arhatship in this lifetime, without returning once more with a samsaric rebirth.
The Five Pathway Minds (Five Paths): Advanced Presentation 2006
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Buddha answered that women are capable of attaining nirvana, passing through the four stages of stream-enterer, once-returner, non-returner, and arhat.
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In the first lifetime, one becomes a stream-enterer, in the next lifetime a once-returner, and in the third lifetime, one becomes a non-returner, achieves liberation, and becomes an arhat.
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However, the lone non-returner, Nnamdi Asomugha, was their best all-around player.
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The division scheme of aryas into stream-enterer (rgyun-zhugs), once-returner (phyir-‘ong), non-returner (phyir mi-‘ong), and arhat (dgra-bcom) is unique to shravaka and pratyekabuddha aryas.
The Five Pathway Minds (Five Paths): Basic Presentation 2006
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The division scheme of aryas into stream-enterer (rgyun-zhugs), once-returner (phyir-‘ong), non-returner (phyir mi-‘ong), and arhat (dgra-bcom) is unique to shravaka and pratyekabuddha aryas.
The Five Pathway Minds (Five Paths): Advanced Presentation 2006
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Both Hinayana and Mahayana assert that the scheme of stream-enterer, once-returner, non-returner and arhat refers to stages of an arya shravaka’s path, but not to the path of an arya bodhisattva.
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