Related:: [[Dhamma]] # Dhammānusārī (Follower by Teaching) > [!success] Dhammānusārī cannot die without becoming a [[Sotapanna|Sōtapanna]]!! — In Cakkhusutta ([SN25.1](https://suttacentral.net/sn25.1/en/sujato)) > Someone who accepts these teachings after deliberating them with a degree of wisdom is called a **==follower of teachings==**. They’ve arrived at surety in the right way, they’ve arrived at the level of the true person, and they’ve **transcended the level of the untrue person**. > > _Yassa kho, bhikkhave, ime dhammā evaṁ paññāya mattaso nijjhānaṁ khamanti, ayaṁ vuccati: ‘**==dhammānusārī==**, okkanto sammattaniyāmaṁ, sappurisabhūmiṁ okkanto, vītivatto puthujjanabhūmiṁ;_ > > **==They can’t do any deed which would make them be reborn in hell, the animal realm, or the ghost realm==**. > _abhabbo taṁ kammaṁ kātuṁ, yaṁ kammaṁ katvā nirayaṁ vā tiracchānayoniṁ vā pettivisayaṁ vā upapajjeyya;_ > > **==They can’t die without realizing the fruit of stream-entry.==** > _abhabbo ca tāva kālaṁ kātuṁ yāva na sotāpattiphalaṁ sacchikaroti’._ ## Suttas - [[MN70 Kīṭāgirisutta]] - ![[MN70 Kīṭāgirisutta#^94db1f]] - SN25.1 Cakkhusutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn25.1/en/sujato)) - Saddhānusārī cannot die without becoming a Sotapanna!!