Dhamma on Air #14: Stream-Entry & the 5 Hindrances
Channel: Bhikkhu Samahita
Date: 06/03/2016

Dhamma-Questions answered:

Q1: Are the 5 hindrances caused by having a physical body? 

Q2: Can formless beings experience desire without contact as a requisite?

Q3: How long time can there be between Sotapatti Magga (path) and Sotapatti phala (fruit)? 

Q4: What can a person do to shorten this gap? 

Q5: Why is there this time gap between magga and phala? Why do some gain Path and Fruit at the same time?

Q6: What exactly is this Sotapanna Phala (fruit)? Is it a state of Jhanic bliss, or is it something different like Nibbanic peace? 
Does one experience it during meditation, or while walking, standing? How long does the experience of Phala fruit last? 

Q7: Are their any stories in tipitaka that describe a person attaining Sotapatti phala (fruit) after attaining magga? 

Q8: Have you ever met a person or monk, who has attained some magic abhinnas? Did you witness super-human powers? 
Can you share with us some interesting stories, please Bhante?

One The 5 Mental Hindrances (nivarana):
https://what-buddha-said.net/drops/II/The_5_Mental_Hindrances.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/n_r/niivarana.htm
https://what-buddha-said.net/Canon/Sutta/AN/AN.I.3-4.htm
https://what-buddha-said.net/library/Wheels/wh026.pdf

On Stream-Entry (Sotapatti-Magga and Fruit-phala):
https://what-buddha-said.net/drops/II/The_4_Doors.htm
https://what-buddha-said.net/drops/IV/Extensive_Fruit.htm
https://what-buddha-said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/n_r/phala.htm
https://what-buddha-said.net/drops/II/Helpers_to_Stream_Entry.htm
https://what-buddha-said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/s_t/sotaapanna.htm

On the super-human powers (abhinna, iddhi)
https://what-buddha-said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/a/abhinna.htm