A Sanskrit word which means one who has entered the flow, Sotapanna in Pali. He opposes the flow of common people's six dusts and enters the flow of the Sage's Dharma-nature. It comes when the eighty-eight categories of delusions of view are smashed and cut off by means of sixteen hearts. It is called a Way of Liberation, for at that point, delusion is completely severed and liberation is obtained. One who has certified to Srotapanna has seven more births and deaths to undergo.