View suttas in reverse chronological order.
Dīgha Nikāya
- DN 5 Kūṭadantasutta: With Kūṭadanta “Then Kūṭadanta saw, attained, understood, and fathomed the Dhamma. He went beyond doubt, got rid of indecision, and became self-assured and independent of others regarding the Teacher’s instructions.”
- DN 16 From… Mahāparinibbānasutta: The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment—The Mirror of the Dhamma “And what is that mirror of the teaching?”
Majjhima Nikāya
- MN 48 Kosambiyasutta: The Mendicants of Kosambi “When a noble disciple has these seven factors, they have properly investigated their own nature with respect to the realization of the fruit of stream-entry.”
- MN 68 Naḷakapānasutta: At Naḷakapāna “The monk named so-and-so has passed away. The Buddha has declared that, with the ending of three fetters he’s a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, bound for awakening.”
Saṁyutta Nikāya
- SN 12.68 Kosambisutta: Kosambī “Friend, though I have clearly seen as it really is with correct wisdom, ‘Nibbāna is the cessation of existence,’ I am not an arahant, one whose taints are destroyed.”
- SN 22.109 Sotāpannasutta: A Stream-Enterer “A noble disciple comes to truly understand these five grasping aggregates’ origin, ending, gratification, drawback, and escape.”
- SN 25.1 Cakkhusutta: The Eye “Someone who has faith and confidence in these principles is called a follower by faith”
- SN 45.35 Paṭhamasāmaññasutta: The Ascetic Life (1st) “And what are the fruits of the ascetic life? The fruits of stream-entry, once-return, non-return, and perfection. These are called the fruits of the ascetic life.”
- SN 48.12 Paṭhamasaṁkhittasutta: In Brief (1st) “If they are weaker still, they’re a stream-enterer.”
- SN 55.1 Rāja Sutta: A Universal King “These are the four factors of stream-entry he has. And, monks, gaining rulership over these four continents is not worth one sixteenth of gaining these four factors.”
- SN 55.5 Dutiyasāriputtasutta: With Sāriputta (2nd) “Sāriputta, they speak of a ‘factor of stream-entry’. What is a factor of stream-entry?”
- SN 55.22 Mahānāma Sutta: To Mahānāma (2) “Have no fear, Mahānāma! Have no fear! Your death will not be a bad one, your demise will not be bad.”
- SN 55.38 Vassasutta: Rain “These things flow onwards; and, after crossing to the far shore, they lead to the ending of defilements.”
- SN 55.40 Nandiya Sutta: To Nandiya “Content with that verified confidence in the Awakened One, he doesn’t exert himself further in solitude by day or seclusion by night.”
- SN 55.43 Tatiya Asaṇkheyya Sutta: Incalculable 3 “Monks, there are four kinds of streams of merit and streams of wholesomeness that generate happiness.”
- SN 55.44 Aḍḍha Sutta: Rich “Monks, a noble disciple who has four things is said to be rich, prosperous, and wealthy.”
- SN 55.55 Sotāpattiphalasutta: The Fruit of Stream-Entry “Mendicants, when four things are developed and cultivated they lead to the realization of the fruit of stream-entry.”
- SN 55.17 Dutiya Mittāmacca Sutta: Friends 2 “Monks, you have friends, relatives and family members who you have sympathy for. If they listen to your advice, you should establish them in the four factors of stream-entry.”
- SN 55.22 Mahānāma Sutta: To Mahānāma (2) “Have no fear, Mahānāma! Have no fear! Your death will not be a bad one, your demise will not be bad.”
- SN 55.38 Vassasutta: Rain “These things flow onwards; and, after crossing to the far shore, they lead to the ending of defilements.””
Aṅguttara Nikāya
- AN 6.92 Paṭhamaabhabbaṭṭhānasutta: Things That Can’t Be Done (1st) “A person accomplished in view can’t live disrespectful and irreverent toward the Teacher, the teaching, the Saṅgha, or the training.”
- AN 6.93 Dutiyaabhabbaṭṭhānasutta: Things That Can’t Be Done (2nd) “A person accomplished in view can’t take conditions to be permanent, happiness, or self.”
- AN 6.94 Tatiyaabhabbaṭṭhānasutta: Things That Can’t Be Done (3rd) “Mendicants, these six things can’t be done.”
- AN 6.97 Ānisaṁsasutta: Benefit “Mendicants, these are the six benefits of realizing the fruit of stream-entry.”
- AN 6.119–139 Tapussasutta… About Tapussa, Etc. “Mendicants, having six qualities the householder Tapussa is certain about the Realized One, sees the deathless, and lives having realized the deathless.”
- AN 9.12 Saupādisesasutta: With Something Left Over “There are these nine people who, dying with something left over, are exempt from hell, the animal realm, and the ghost realm.”
- AN 9.27 Paṭhamaverasutta: Dangers and Threats (1st) “Householder, when a noble disciple has quelled five dangers and threats, and has the four factors of stream-entry, they may, if they wish, declare of themselves: ‘I’ve finished with rebirth in hell, the animal realm, and the ghost realm. I’ve finished with all places of loss, bad places, the underworld. I am a stream-enterer! I’m not liable to be reborn in the underworld, and am bound for awakening.’”
Khuddakapāṭha
- Khp 6 From… Ratana Sutta — Treasures “Those who have seen clearly the noble truths well-taught by the one deeply discerning—regardless of what [later] might make them heedless—will come to no eighth state of becoming
Dhammapada
- Dhp 13 From… Loka Vagga: The World (167-178) “Better than sole dominance over the earth, going to heaven, or lordship over all the worlds is the fruit of stream entry.”
Vimana Vatthu
- Vv 2.7 Uposathā Sutta: Uposatha’s Mansion “Since I directed my mind to this inferior sensual realm, I was born in this heaven. I could have developed my mind further. Now I am sad and regret my decision.”