ten dwellings
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十住
The ten stages in Bodhisattva wisdom, which are the second ten stages in the 52 Bodhisattva's positions in cultivation. Subsequent to the cultivation of the Ten Faith, the practitioner will enter the stream of sages. All false views on dwelling are cut off and all desires are subdued by Ten Dwellings. They are:
- The stage of setting objective ( 發心位 )
- The stage of clear understanding and mental control ( 治地位 )
- The stage of unobstructed cultivation ( 修行位 )
- The stage of acquiring the seed of Tathāgata ( 生貴位 )
- The stage of perfect expedience ( 方便具足位 )
- The stage of the whole mind as Buddha's ( 正心位 )
- The stage of non-retrogression ( 不退位 )
- The stage of being Buddha's son ( 童真位 )
- The stage of being the prince of the law ( 法王子位 )
- The stage of Abhiṣeka ( 灌頂位 )