Anagami
From Buddhist Encyclopedia
The Anagami (Pali) is a partially-enlightened person in Buddhism, who has cut off the first five chains with which the ordinary mind is bound. Anagamiship is the third stage of the four stages of enlightenment.
The Anagami will not be reborn into the human world after death. Instead, he will be reborn into the heaven of the Pure Abodes, where only Anagamis live. In that high heaven, they will attain full enlightenment (Arahantship).
The specific chains or fetters (Pali: saṃyojana) of which the Anagami is free are:
- Sakkāya-diṭṭhi (Pali) - Belief in self
- Vicikicchā (Pali) - Skeptical doubt
- Sīlabbata-parāmāsa (Pali) - Attachment to rites and rituals
- Kāma-rāga (Pali) - Sensuous craving
- Byāpāda (Pali) - Ill-will
The fetters from which the Anagami is not yet free are:
6. Rūpa-rāga (Pali) - Craving for fine-material existence (the first 4 Jhanas)
7. Arūpa-rāga (Pali) - Craving for immaterial existence (the last 4 Jhanas)
8. Māna (Pali) - Conceit
9. Uddhacca (Pali) - Restlessness
10. Avijjā (Pali) - Ignorance
The Sakadagami is an intermediate stage between the Sakadagami and the Arahant. The Arahant enjoys complete freedom from the ten fetters.
