Once you become a Sotapanna, do you still have to learn Dhamma?

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Re: Once you become a Sotapanna, do you still have to learn Dhamma?

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Re: Once you become a Sotapanna, do you still have to learn Dhamma?

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SarathW wrote: Fri Jun 18, 2021 8:41 am Once you become a Sotapanna, do you still have to learn Dhamma?
I suppose there's a difference between being an absolute requirement and it being helpful. There are suttas that describe monastics achieving arahantship right after hearing a Dhamma talk.Training was obviously still useful too. The following from MN141 comes to mind:
“Cultivate the friendship of Sariputta and Moggallana, bhikkhus; associate with Sariputta and Moggallana. They are wise and helpful to their companions in the holy life. Sariputta is like a mother; Moggallana is like a nurse. Sariputta trains others for the fruit of stream-entry, Moggallana for the supreme
goal. Sariputta, bhikkhus, is able to announce, teach, describe, establish, reveal, expound, and exhibit the Four Noble Truths.”
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