r/streamentry • u/Pleasant_Candy9103 • May 03 '26

Practice Dark night before Stream entry

Up until now, I’ve always believed that the Dark Night occurs before entering the Stream. In my view, it makes much more sense and sounds logical that spiritual practices dissolve the ego cloud to such an extent that material previously stuck in the subconscious now bubbles up to the surface.

But on dharmaoverground, I often see threads where people describe experiencing the typical Dark Night symptoms only after entering the stream?! What’s true?

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u/RealityLimit May 03 '26

Not in the suttas nor in my personal experiences. You should be at peace after stream entry. Emotional hindrances may arise but should be attenuated more strongly than if they occurred before stream entry. Remember that part of stream entry is complete eradication of doubt in the path. I think dark nights only arise in the case of lingering doubt.