How Lay Followers of the Buddha Became Noble Disciples

The Buddha had many lay disciples who understood the Dhamma, often just by hearing a few discourses. But are practitioners today in the same position?
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Other talks that are referred to during the discussion:
↪ Understanding the origin of attention • Early Buddhism: Unders...
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The discourse with the Buddha's advice to Gotamī, mentioned at the end of the discussion, can be found here:
suttas.hillsid...
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