<p>Not! Bhanga nana is just the 5th of the <a href="http://www.vipassanadhura.com/sixteen.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">16 stages of insight</a>. Sotapatti starts from the 14th, i.e. Magga nana.</p>

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Sankha Kulathantille
<p>Is it correct to say that the vipassana experience of <em>bhanga</em> is a synonym  of stream entrance (sotapatti)?</p>

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See also [What is bhanga?](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/q/18418/254)
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With 'bhanga' I mean 'bhanga nana', the 5th insight knowledge, also called  'bhanga-nupassana-nana'. Is it correct to relate this 'experience' with what The Buddha says in verse # 374 of the Dhammapada: 'Fully knowing the arising and passing of the khandhas, One attains joy and delight. For those who know, this is the deathless'.
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Are bhanga and sotapatti synonyms?
# Are bhanga and sotapatti synonyms?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-10-20)

Is it correct to say that the vipassana experience of *bhanga* is a synonym of stream entrance (sotapatti)?

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> **username_1**: See also [What is bhanga?](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/q/18418/254)  
> **username_0**: With 'bhanga' I mean 'bhanga nana', the 5th insight knowledge, also called  'bhanga-nupassana-nana'. Is it correct to relate this 'experience' with what The Buddha says in verse # 374 of the Dhammapada: 'Fully knowing the arising and passing of the khandhas, One attains joy and delight. For those who know, this is the deathless'.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2017-10-21. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

Not! Bhanga nana is just the 5th of the [16 stages of insight](http://www.vipassanadhura.com/sixteen.html). Sotapatti starts from the 14th, i.e. Magga nana.


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