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7th Abode – AVAIVARTIKA (avinivartanīya) / Nonregressing 不退 - unity with constant progress

7th Abode - Non-regression 不退住

Hearing ten kinds of dharmas, they are steadfast and non-regressing 聞十種法,堅固不退

  1. Hearing there is or is not the Buddha 聞有佛、無佛
  2. Hearing there is or is not the Dharma 聞有法、無法
  3. Hearing there are or are not bodhisattvas 聞有菩薩、無菩薩
  4. Hearing there are or are not the practices of a bodhisattva 聞有菩薩行、無菩薩行
  5. Hearing bodhisattvas are or are not liberated through practice 聞有菩薩修行出離、修行不出離
  6. Hearing there were or were not buddhas in the past 聞過去有佛、過去無佛
  7. Hearing there will or will not be buddhas in the future 聞未來有佛、未來無佛
  8. Hearing there are or are not buddhas in the present 聞現在有佛、現在無佛
  9. Hearing Buddha Knowledge is exhaustible or inexhaustible 聞佛智有盡、佛智無盡
  10. Hearing the three times are or are not of a single characteristic 聞三世一相、三世非一相,

Ten Dharmas to Study

  1. Explanations of how one is many 說一即多
  2. Explanations of how many are one 說多即一
  3. Letters in accord with meaning 文隨於義
  4. Meaning in accord with letter 義隨於文
  5. That the non existent is existent 非有即有
  6. That the existent is not existent 有即非有
  7. That characteristiclessness is the characteristic 無相即相
  8. That characteristics are characteristiclessness 相即無相
  9. Naturelessness is nature 無性即性
  10. Nature is naturelessness 性即無性