Nine Grades of Rebirth: Contemplation Stages 14-16

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Nine Grades of Rebirth: Contemplation Stages 14-16 Highest Grade (14 th Contemplation) Highest Level Middle Level Lowest Level Middle Grade (15 th Contemplation) Highest Level Middle Level Lowest Level Lowest Grade (16 th thought) Highest Level Middle Level Lowest Level

15 great deeds 1. The true confidence 2.  The profound confidence 3. The confidence that looks for birth there by exchanging one's legitimacy 4.  Have caring heart, refrain from executing, and watch the statutes; 5. The individuals who [uphold and] serenade the Mahayana sutras of more prominent extension; 6.  Those who rehearse the six types of care, trying to be conceived in that Buddha-arrive by exchanging there the value of practice 7.  Comprehend the lessons of the Buddha so well that when they hear the preeminent truths, they are not terrified. 8.  Have profound confidence in the law of karmic circumstances and end results and don't talk slightingly of the Mahayana, [awaken yearning for the most astounding Enlightenment] 9.  Transfer the legitimacy procured to the Pure Land, trying to be conceived there. 10. Keep the five statutes, watch the eight restraints: 1) abstain from murdering; 2) taking; 3) sexual acts; 4) lying; 5) drinking intoxicants; 6) such sit still delights as utilizing fragrances, singing and moving, wearing real enhancement and going to see moves or plays; 7) thinking about a raised bed; 8) eating evening.

15 great deeds (cont) 11. Abstain from submitting the five biggest offenses and different transgressions. 12. Watch over their folks and do generous deeds for others. 13. Submit different fiendishness acts, confer much detestable however feel no regret, yet don't criticize the Mahayana sutras of more prominent degree;. 14. Commit five gravest offenses: 1) patricide, 2) matricide, 3) murdering an arhat, 4) vindictively bringing about a Buddha's body to drain, 50 creating disharmony in the Sangha 15.Ten underhandedness deeds: executing, taking, submitting infidelity, lying, expressing brutal words, articulating words that cause contempt and doubt among individuals, participating out of gear talk, begrudge, malevolence, and having incorrectly sees.

Highest Grade/Highest Level Sentient creatures who set out to be conceived in that land, stir to three sorts of confidence: 1,2,3. The individuals who take after 4,5,6 Amitayus… . touches base, with light, respects the competitor, who sees himself sitting on the vajra - seat, is naturally introduced to that land Reaches the understanding into the non-emerging of all dharma; quickly gets from every Buddha the forecast of his future Buddhahood

Highest Grade/Middle Level Those not really do 5 but rather do 7, 8, 9 Amitayus … . Shows up, with light, respects the hopeful, who sees himself sitting on the purple-gold seat, is conceived in a 7-jeweled lake of the Land 7 days after the fact, achieves the Stage of Non-retrogression; have the capacity to fly in the ten headings; a littler kalpa later, accomplishes knowledge into non-emerging of all dharmas and gets from every Buddha the expectation of his future Buddhahood

Highest Grade/Lowest Level Those do 8, 9 Amitayus … .come, with light, to welcome the wannabe, who findhimself situated upon a brilliant lotus bloom, promptly accomplishes birth on a 7-jeweled lake 3 weeks after the fact can go in all the ten bearings, after three littler kalpas , gets clear comprehension of the 100 dharmas and stays in the Stage of Joy

Middle Grade/Highest Level Those do 9, 10, 11 Amitayus shows up , with light, (no bodhisattvas Avalokitesvara and Mahasthamaprapta ? ) The competitor gets himself situated upon a lotus bloom, hearing the sounds and voices lauding the 4 Noble Truth after the blossom bud open, promptly accomplishes arhatship, gains the tree sorts of extraordinary learning and the six heavenly powers and understand the eight samadhis of liberation

Middle Grade/Middle Level Those do 9, 10, 11 no less than a day and a night Amitayus comes, with light, toward him with his specialists (Avalokitesvara and Mahasthamaprapta?) The wannabe gets himself situated upon a lotus bloom, conceived on a jeweled lake of the Land. Following 7 days, achieves the Stage of a Stream-Winner, after an a large portion of a kalpa turns into an arhat

Middle Grade/Lowest Level Those who do 12 May meet a decent educator who discloses to him 48 Great Vows and the bhiksu Dharmakara, accomplishes birth in the Land, after 7 days meets Avalokitesvara and Mahasthamaprapta. Following 7 days, achieves the Stage of a Stream-Winner, after one littler kalpa turns into an arhat

Lowest Grade/Highest Level Those do 13 May meet a decent educator, who acclaims titles of the Mahayana sacred text… makes him discharge from the weight of malice karma and serenade "Homage to Amitayus Buddha," summoning Amitayus' name Transformed assortments of the Buddha and bodhisattvas go to the wannabe, who later gets himself situated on a jeweled lotus bloom. In 7 weeks bodhisattvas show up before him, instruct the applicant do 8; after 10 littler kalpas , he comprehend the 100 dharmas and enters the 1 st phase of bodhisattva; (conceived in the Land by hearing the Name of the 3 Jewels

Lowest Grade/Middle Level Those abuse statutes in 10 May meet a decent educator before the flares of damnation blaze him. The instructor clarifies the ten supernal forces of Amitayus, his light, and excellencies, quench the wannabe's insidious karma Transformed Buddhas went with bodhisattvas come to welcome him; accomplishes birth inside a lotus bud on a 7-jeweled lake. Bodhisattvas show him Mahayana sutras and he quickly stirs desire for the most noteworthy Enlightenment

Lowest Grade/Lowest Level Those who do 14, 15 May meet a decent instructor before falling into malevolence domains; The educator will show him the Dharma and urge him to be aware of the Buddha and to conjure Amitayu's name by droning " Homage to Amitayus Buddha " Sees brilliant lotus bloom like the circle of the sun, is conceived with a lotus bud in the Land; After 12 awesome kalpas the lotus bud opens. Boddhisattvas show him a definitive reality of all dharmas and heimmediately stirs yearning for the most noteworthy Enlightenment