Ten Stages of Bodhisattva
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Or Ten Stages of Bodhisatttvahood ; Ten Stages of A Bodhisattvas Progress. These are the ten stages of development of Bodhisattva depending on their merits and virtues:
- 1 Pramudita (joy) - joy at having overcome the difficulties and sufferings, now entering on the path to Buddhahood
- 2 Vimala (purity) - freedom from all possible defilement
- 3 Prabhakari (enlightenment) - stage of further enlightenment
- 4 Arcismati (wisdom) - stage of glowing wisdom
- 5 Sudurjaya (no difficulty) - stage of mastering the utmost difficulties
- 6 Abhimukhi (open way, presence) - the open way of wisdom above definitions of impurity and purity
- 7 Duramgama (proceeding afar, traveling afar) - getting above ideas of self in order to save others
- 8 Acala (unperturbed) - attainment of being unperturbed
- 9 Sadhumati (discriminatory wisdom, perfect intellect) - the finest discriminatory wisdom, knowing where and how to save, and possessing the Ten Powers
- 10 Dharma megha (law cloud, clouds of truth) - attainment of the fertilizing powers of law cloud