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          1-3.Becoming an Arhat “Prior to the Anagamin is the Sakridagamin, who ascends onece, returns once more, and thereafter becomes an Arhat. Prior to the Sakridagamin is the Srotaapanna, who has seven deaths and seven births remaining, and then becomes an Arhat. Severing love and desire is like severing the four limbs; one never uses them again.” “Prior to the Anagamin is the Sakridagamin, who ascends onece, returns once more, and thereafter becomes an Arhat. The sage of the second fruition is called a Sakridagamin. “Sakridagamin” is Sanskrit and means “he who returns once more. “ At this level of sagehood, one is in the position of the Way of Cultivation. What does it mean to “return once more”? The Sakridagamin is reborn once I the heavens and once in the human rea 開幕活動lm. The Sakridagamin has cut off sic grades of delusion in thought in the desire realm. What is delusion in thought? “thought” here means consideration or discrimination. If you have thought, but no delusion, that can slos be pure. As long as you use wisdome to make discriminations, that is not delusions in thought. Delusion in thought exists when you are confused, and your don’t understand. You think about what you don’t understand. This is “the nature that is entirely calculated and attached to.” For example, you might see piece of rope at night, but not recognize it as a rope. You think, “Oh, look, it’s a snake!” Why do you think that the rope is snake? Because, based on the rope, you give ris 土地買賣e to “the nature that is entirely calculated and attached to.” This is “the nature that arises reling on other things.” If you investigate the rope itself, you find that the rope is in fact made of hemp, and it’s not a snake. Then you are ussing “ the perfectly accomplished real nature.” The desire realm hase nine grades of delusion in thought. One reaches the third fruition after severing the last three grades of delusion in thought. If one severes the first six grades of delusion in thought in the desire realm, one becomes certified to the second fruition of Arhatship. If one has not severed these sic grades, one cannot become certified to the second fruition. One returns once to the heavens I the desire realm and on 關鍵字廣告ce to the human realm. Thus, one is called “he who returns once more. “ When one returns, one becomes certified to Arhatship and ends birth and death. Prior to the Sakridagamin is the Srotaapanna. Srotaapanna, alsos Sanskrit, means “entering the flow” or “joining the flow.” It also means “opposing the flow. “ “Entering the flow” means one enters the flow the the Dharma-nature of a sage. “Opposing the flow “ means one opposes the flow of the six defiling objects of ordinary people. The six defiling objects are : form, sounds, smells, tastes, tangible object, and dharmas. When one becomes certified to the first fruition, one cuts off delusion in views. We have delusion as by thought. Delusion in views and delusion in thou 信用貸款ght take control of us and cuase us to be confused. So, if you genuinely want to become enlightened , you have to cut off these two kinds of delusion. Delusion in views must be severed, and delusion I thought must be cut off, too. What is delusion in views? Delusion in views means that when faced with situations, one feels greed and love. Delusion in thought means one becomes confused about the principle and makes discriminations. Delusion in views: you see events and things, and you are confused by them. Once your confused by them, you follow along with the situation and are turned by it. And when you are turned by the situation, you give rise to greed and love. With greed, you become attached to things; and with love, you can’t bear to aprt with things. seo Being attached and unable to put things down, you can’t realize sagehood. If you want to achive sagehood, you have cut off delusion in views. How many grades of delusion in views are there? There are eighty-eight grades, you attain the firt fruition of Arhatship and become a Srotaapanna. The Srotaapanna is a sage of the first fruition. What is meant by “joining the flow”? You join with the sages’ flow; you are togethere with sages. A Srotaapanna is one who has seven deaths and seven births remaining, and then becomes a Arhat. Sages who have realized the first fruition have seven more births and deaths to undergo. When these seven births and deaths are over, then thes sages become certified to the fourth fruition of Arhatship and put an end to birth and death. The 九份民宿 seven births and deaths are divided in this way: upon reaching the upper-highest level of delusion thought in the desire realm, you put an end to greed, hatred, stupidity, and pride, and you sever delusion in thought. Severing delusion continues through tow births and deaths. Then one life is spent in the middle-highest level of the desire realm; one life in the lower-highest level; one life in the upper-middle level; one life int the middle-middle level and lower-middle levels combined; and one life if the upper-lowest, middle-lowest, and lower-lowest parts conbined, for a toatl of seven birth and deaths. When the seven are finished, you can realize the fruition of Arhatship and end share section birth and death. This is the way it happens in the ordinary course of events, but it can vary 酒店打工 among particular individuals; there’s nothing fixed about it. If a cultivator’s potentials and roots are speical, then he might advance from the first stage direct ly to the fourth state of Arhatship. Kumarajiva’s mother, for instance, went from the first fruition to the second fruition. Therefore, the sequence of certification is not fixed. They are many categories of delusion in thought and delusion in view in the Triple Realm, but when al is said and done, what confuses people most is love and desire. Love and desire gain control of us and turn us upside down. Knowing clearly something is wrong, we still want to go and do it . Knowing clearly something is right, we don’t want to do it . People are just such strange creatures. Even if we know very well that something is not good and we are t 吳哥窟old not to do it, we still go ahead and do it anyway. Knowing clearly something is good, we still don’t want to do it, even when we’re told to do it. We never list. Why? Becauand love and desire control us and cause us to be upside-down. Severing love and desire is like severing the four limbs; one never uses them again. If we can cut off love and desire, then we certainly will be able to accomplish the Way. Cutting off love and desire is just like cutting off you hands and feet: once you’ve cut off your hand s and feet, you can’t use them anymore. That’s what it should be like when you cut off your love and desire. So the Sutra says, “Prior to the Sakridagamin is the the Srotaapanna, who has seven deaths and seven births remaining, and then realizes Arhatship.” You must be just that determined, that deci ARMANIsive. You shouldn’t neglect to cut off what youre supposed to cut off; otherwise you’ll have trouble. You ought to cut off love and desire, but you don’t them off; in general, you just keep avoiding the issue. This is to be indecisive, to have no real wisdom. Without any genuine wisdom, you keep intending to cut them off but never quite do it. Some people are proverbially indecisive like this. They think about it one way, and then they decied that it’s really another way. They have no will of their own and no principles to go by. This is of no benefit to cultivation. People who cultivate the Way should have heroic determination in their words and deeds. If they are resolute and decisive, then they car cultivate the Way.   .msgcontent .wsharing ul li { text-indent: 0; } 分享 Facebook Plurk YAHOO! 膠原蛋白  .