Tag: Enlightenment Stages-Grounds-Bhumis and Paths

Enlightenment Stages-Grounds-Bhumis and Paths – Arhat: Enlightenment or Awakening (Skt. Bodhi; Tib. བྱང་ཆུབ་, changchup; Wyl. byang chub, Tib. སངས་རྒྱས་, sangyé; Wyl. sangs rgyas). See Buddha, Buddhahood, Omniscience, Nirvana.

Buddha-Dharma-Sangha History

Acquired Enlightenment – Bodhi

Post author By Cloud Monk
Post date January 31, 2021

“acquired enlightenment. A concept which is found in the *Mahāyāna treatise the *Mahāyāna-sraddhotpada Śastra (The Awakening of Faith in the Mahāyāna) referring to the enlightenment (*bodhi) that one acquires as the result of religious training. It is paired with the term ‘original enlightenment’, which is inherent in all things and signifies their subsisting clear and pure nature. Together, these two terms define a soteriology that sees beings as perfected and liberated as they are, and needing religious practice only to realize that this is so.” (PDoB)

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Acalā-Bhūmi – Eighth Bodhisattva Ground or Level (Bhūmi)

Post author By Cloud Monk
Post date January 28, 2021

“acalā-bhūmi (Skt.). The eighth of the Bodhisattva Levels (*bhūmi), ‘the Unshakeable One’, according to the *Daśabhūmíka Sūtra. Here the Bodhisattva engages in the Perfection of Aspiration (praṇidhāna) through which he aspires to attain what remains to be accomplished. This stage (or sometimes the preceding one) is characterized as ‘avaivartika’ (Skt., no turning back) since once a Bodhisattva reaches this stage he cannot backslide in his progress and his attainment of perfect enlightenment (*saṃbodhi) is guaranteed. See also PĀRAMITĀ.” (PDoB)

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Abhimukhī-Bhūmi – Sixth Bodhisattva Ground or Level (Bhūmi)

Post author By Cloud Monk
Post date January 28, 2021

“abhimukhī-bhūmi (Skt.). The sixth of the Bodhisattva Levels (bhūmi). According to the Daśabhūmika Sūtra it means ‘the level which is present or turned towards’, and is so-called because at this level the Bodhisattva has gained an understanding of the emptiness (śūnyatā) and sameness of all phenomena through the cultivation of the Perfection of Insight (prajñā-pāramitā), and has resolutely turned towards enlightenment (bodhi). See also PĀRAMITĀ.” (PDoB)

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