The goal of stream-entry dhamma talks is to discuss how one can develop the mindset of a stream enterer, a person with wisdom and a noble character in daily life. This can be achieved by practicing to develop and maintain certain thinking patterns in daily life. The enlightenment is often described as a concept, such as emptiness, yet the enlightenment goes beyond such a concept to abandon three fetters to reach stream-entry and beyond. When talking about enlightenment, mendicants use various methods including mediation practice such as mindfulness, sutta reading, Abhidhamma studies and so forth. However, enlightenment means stream entry and beyond and not mediation practice, such as mindfulness or reading suttas. Therefore, to discuss stream and beyond, we must use a practical approach. Dhamma talk sessions about stream-entry will discuss stream entry from a practical viewpoint. When discussing matters regarding stream-entry, mendicants are typically seen to be using modes of discourse: the narrative mode—stories about people who have attained stream-entry; the cosmological mode—descriptions of the after-death destinations awaiting those who have attained stream-entry; and what might be called the “emptiness” mode, which describes mental states in and of themselves as they are directly experienced as absent or present, both during and after stream-entry. These modes of discussion provide a theoretical understanding. However, to bridge the gap between theory and insight, how to reach the state of stream entry can be explained from a practical viewpoint. In this class, we shall explore how to train the mind to gain stream entry and beyond.