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**.
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> _Yassa kho, bhikkhave, ime dhammā evaṁ paññāya mattaso nijjhānaṁ khamanti, ayaṁ vuccati: ‘**==dhammānusārī==**, okkanto sammattaniyāmaṁ, sappurisabhūmiṁ okkanto, vītivatto puthujjanabhūmiṁ;_
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> **==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;_
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> **==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!!