Stream entry (sotāpanna)
Skillful qualities / Stages of awakening / Stream entry
Part of tag cluster Stages of awakening in key topic Fruits of the Practice
Subtag: Factors for stream entry
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2014 Thanksgiving Monastic Retreat, Session 4 – Nov. 25, 2014

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13. “I am still very attached to my husband and children. I don’t want to relinquish the intimacy I share with my husband. I will suffer when they are gone. How do I reconcile this practice of relinquishment with the reality that I am a wife, mother and householder? With love.” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Gratitude] [Family ] [Lay life] [Relinquishment ] // [Spaciousness] [Suffering] [Clinging] [Cause of Suffering] [Communal harmony]

Quote: “Relinquishment is a skillful acknowledgement of the areas where we do create suffering.”

Story: Visākhā, the stream enterer who raised 20 children. [Great disciples] [Stream entry] [Culture/India]

Quote: “Families that grow up with strong spiritual models are an incredible blessing.” [Mentoring]