# Sakadagami

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In [Buddhism](/source/Buddhism), the '''Sakadāgāmin''' ([Pali](/source/Pali); Sanskrit: ''Sakṛdāgāmin'', {{Lang-zh|c=斯陀含 or 一往來|s=|t=|p=sī tuó hán}}), "returning once"<ref>{{cite web |url= https://suttacentral.net/define/sakad%C4%81g%C4%81min?lang=en |title= Definitions for sakadāgāmin |author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |publisher= 
SuttaCentral|access-date=November 11, 2025}}.</ref> or "once-returner," is a partially [enlightened person](/source/bodhi), who has cut off the first three [chain](/source/Fetter_(Buddhism))s with which the ordinary mind is bound, and significantly weakened the fourth and fifth. Sakadagaminship is the second stage of the [four stages of enlightenment](/source/four_stages_of_enlightenment).

The Sakadagami will be reborn into the realm of the senses at most once more. If, however, they attain the next stage of enlightenment ([Anagami](/source/Anagami)ship) in this life, they will not come back to this world.

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The three specific chains or fetters (Pali: {{IAST|saṃyojana}}) of which the Sakadagamin is free are:<br>
1. {{IAST|[Sakkāya-diṭṭhi](/source/Sakk%C4%81ya-di%E1%B9%AD%E1%B9%ADhi)}} (Pali) - Belief in self ([ātman](/source/%C4%81tman_(Buddhism)))<br>
2. [Sīlabbata-parāmāsa](/source/Fetter_(Buddhism)) (Pali) - Attachment to rites and rituals<br>
3. [Vicikicchā](/source/Vicikicch%C4%81) (Pali) - Skeptical doubt<br>The Sakadagami also significantly weakened the chains of:<br>
4. [Kāma-rāga](/source/Raga_(Buddhism)) (Pali) - Sensuous craving<br>
5. [Vyāpāda](/source/Vy%C4%81p%C4%81da) (Pali) - [Ill-will](/source/Ill-will)

Thus, the Sakadagamin is an intermediate stage between the [Sotapanna](/source/Sotapanna), who still has comparatively strong sensuous desire and ill-will, and the [Anagami](/source/Anagami), who is completely free from sensuous desire and ill-will. A Sakadagami's mind is very pure. Thoughts connected with greed, hatred, and delusion do not arise often, and when they do, do not become obsessive.

==See also==
* [Four stages of enlightenment](/source/Four_stages_of_enlightenment)
* [Fetters (Buddhism)](/source/Fetters_(Buddhism))

==Notes==
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==Sources==
* [Rhys Davids](/source/T._W._Rhys_Davids), T.W. & William Stede (eds.) (1921-5). ''The Pali Text Society’s Pali–English Dictionary''. Chipstead: [Pali Text Society](/source/Pali_Text_Society). A general on-line search engine for the PED is available at http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/pali/.

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