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Four Fruition  四果  also known as Four Phala. These are four grades of arhatship, namely   1.Śrota-āpanna: has entered the stream of holy living; the first stage of the arhat, that of a Śrāvaka   2.Sakṛdāgāmin: comes to be born once more; the second grade of arhatship involving only one birth   3.Anāgāmin: will not be reborn in this world (i.e. Six Paths), but in the Form Realm or Formless Realm, where he will attain to Nirvāṇa   4.Arhan: enters Nirvāṇa. All Karma of reincarnation is destroyed. He also reaches a state of no longer learning. He is the highest Saint in Hīnayāna in contrast with the Bodhisattva as the Saint in Mahāyāna.

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