bhumis

The initiation text explains that each of the empowerments plants a seed in terms of the bodhisattva stages or "bhumis" in Sanskrit.

Explanatory Talks at the Rikon Kalachakra Initiation 1985 ��� Day Three 1985

Epic presentations (shin-tu rgyas-pa, Skt. vaipulya) are presentations of the vast and profound aspects of such topics as the six far-reaching attitudes (six perfections) and ten arya bodhisattva levels of mind (ten bhumis) of The Basket of the Mahayana or Bodhisattva Sutras.

The Twelve Scriptural Categories L.T. Doboom Tulku 2007

The first seven level bhumi minds are called “the seven unpurified bhumi minds” (ma-dag sa-bdun, seven impure bhumis).

Ridding Oneself of the Two Sets of Obscurations in Sutra and Highest Tantra According to Nyingma and Sakya 2006

Of the ten levels of bhumi mind (sa-bcu, ten bhumis) of arya bodhisattvas, a first-level bhumi mind is equivalent to a seeing pathway mind.

Ridding Oneself of the Two Sets of Obscurations in Sutra and Highest Tantra According to Nyingma and Sakya 2006

The Mahayana seeing and accustoming pathway minds span ten bodhisattva “bhumis” (sa-bcu), ten levels of arya bodhisattva minds achieved before Buddhahood.

The Five Pathway Minds (Five Paths): Basic Presentation 2006

The first seven level bhumi minds are called “the seven unpurified bhumi minds” (ma-dag sa-bdun, seven impure bhumis).

Ridding Oneself of the Two Sets of Obscurations in Sutra and Highest Tantra According to Nyingma and Sakya 2006

Of the ten levels of bhumi mind (sa-bcu, ten bhumis) of arya bodhisattvas, a first-level bhumi mind is equivalent to a seeing pathway mind.

Ridding Oneself of the Two Sets of Obscurations in Sutra and Highest Tantra According to Nyingma and Sakya 2006

The Mahayana seeing and accustoming pathway minds span ten “bhumis” (sa-bcu) – ten levels of arya bodhisattva minds achieved before Buddhahood.

The Five Pathway Minds (Five Paths): Advanced Presentation 2006

What we try to do now is to extend the amount of time that we stay focused nonconceptually on voidness as we proceed through the bhumis, the arya bodhisattva levels of mind.

Mahamudra and the Four Noble Truths ��� 2 Purification of Mental Activity 2003

The path of seeing corresponds to the first of the ten bhumis, i.e. stages, levels, or grounds said to be traversed by a bodhisattva.

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