2. Once-Returner (Sakadāgāmi)
- Meaning: One who will return to the human realm only one more time before attaining complete liberation.
- Details: Significantly weakens sensory desire and ill will.
A a "once-returner" (sakadāgāmin in Pali) is a partially enlightened person who is destined to be reborn in the sensual realm at most one more time before achieving complete liberation (nirvana).
What is a Once-Returner?
- It is the second stage of the four progressive stages of enlightenment in Buddhism.
- The stage comes after the "stream-enterer" and before the "non-returner" and the fully enlightened "arhat".
- Read more about the progression on the Britannica Sakadagamin Overview.
Spiritual Attainments
- Broken Fetters: A once-returner has completely broken the first three mental chains (belief in a permanent self, doubt, and attachment to rituals).
- Weakened Desires: They have also significantly weakened, or attenuated, greed, hatred, and illusion (sensuous craving and ill-will).
Rebirth and Liberation
- One Last Life: If they do not attain full enlightenment during their present lifetime, they will be reborn only once more—either in the human world or a heavenly realm.
- Completion: During or at the end of that single final rebirth, they will eradicate the remaining defilements and attain final liberation.
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