A Srotaāpanna is a first stage Arhat. Certification to the first fruit of Arhatship, which is within the Small Vehicle, comes when the eighty-eight categories of view delusions are smashed. It is called the Position of the Way of Seeing. By means of sixteen minds one can cut off the eighty-eight categories of view delusions and certify to the truth.

View delusions are the result of the greed and love that arise when viewing situations. Before one sees something, one has no greed or love concerning it, but once the thing is seen, greed and love for it arise. The production of greed and love regarding states is termed view delusion. The eighty-eight categories of view delusions are cut off by means of the sixteen states of mind, which are aspects of the Four Noble Truths of suffering, accumulation, extinction, and the Way.

Within the desire realm are eight of these hearts:

1. Patience Regarding the Phenomena Involved in Suffering.
2. Wisdom Regarding the Phenomena Involved in Suffering.
3. Patience Regarding the Phenomena Involved in Accumulation,
4. Wisdom Regarding the Phenomena Involved in Accumulation,
5. Patience Regarding the Phenomena Involved in Extinction,
6. Wisdom Regarding the Phenomena Involved in Extinction,
7. Patience Regarding the Phenomena Involved in the Way,
8. Wisdom Regarding the Phenomena Involved in the Way.

The form realm and formless realm have eight:

1. Subsequent Patience Regarding Suffering.
2. Subsequent Wisdom Regarding Suffering.
3. Subsequent Patience Regarding Accumulation,
4. Subsequent Wisdom Regarding Accumulation,
5. Subsequent Patience Regarding Extinction,
6. Subsequent Wisdom Regarding Extinction,
7. Subsequent Patience Regarding the Way,
8. Subsequent Wisdom Regarding the Way.

The sixteen minds are all located in realms where there is attachment to marks. At the fifteenth of the sixteen minds, Subsequent Patience Regarding the Way, view delusions are cut off. That point is classified as Inclination Towards the First Fruit, and is called a Way of Non-Interruption. When one completely attains the sixteenth mind, Subsequent Wisdom Regarding the Way, that is certification to the first fruit of Arhatship. It is called a Way of Liberation, for at that point delusion is completely severed and liberation is obtained.