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bhūmis (stages of a bodhisattva)

🔢 Ten bhūmis

  1. ☸️pramuditā (very joyous), in which one reaches a state of equanimity and compassion that they experience supreme joy.
  2. ☸️vimalā (stainless), in which one is free from all defilement;
  3. ☸️prabhākarī (light-maker), in which one radiates the light of wisdom;
  4. ☸️arciṣmatīm (radiant intellect), in which the radiant flame of wisdom burns away earthly desires;
  5. ☸️sudurjayā (difficult to master), in which one surmounts the illusions of darkness, or ignorance as the Middle Way;
  6. ☸️abhimukhī (manifest), in which supreme wisdom begins to manifest;
  7. ☸️dūraṃgamā (gone afar), in which one rises above the states of the Two vehicles;
  8. ☸️acalā (immovable), in which one dwells firmly in the truth of the Middle Way and cannot be perturbed by anything;
  9. ☸️sādhumatī (good intelligence), in which one preaches the Law freely and without restriction;
  10. ☸️dharmameghā (cloud of Dharma), in which one benefits all sentient beings with the Law (☸️DHARMA), just as a cloud sends down rain impartially on all things.