BHUMI (BUDDHISM)

The Ten 'Bhumi', in the Mahayana tradition, are the ten stages a Bodhisattva advances through in the path to become a Buddha.
The ten bhumi vary in content according to different scriptures.
The Avatamsaka Sutra refers the following ten Bhumi ^[1]:
# the '''Bhumi of joy''' (Skt. / Paramudita), in which one rejoices at realizing a partial aspect of the truth;
# the '''Bhumi of purity''' (vimala), in which one is free from all defilement;
# the '''Bhumi of the emission of light''' (prabhakari), in which one radiates the light of wisdom;
# the '''Bhumi of glowing''' (archishmati), in which the flame of wisdom burns away earthly desires;
# the '''Bhumi of overcoming final illusions''' (sudurjaya), in which one surmounts the illusions of darkness, or ignorance as the Middle Way;
# the '''Bhumi of the sign of supreme wisdom''' (abhimukhi), in which supreme wisdom begins to appear;
# the '''Bhumi of progression''' (duramgama), in which one rises above the states of the Two vehicles;
# the '''Bhumi of immobility''' (achala), in which one dwells firmly in the truth of the Middle Way and cannot be perturbed by anything;
# the '''Bhumi of the all-penetrating wisdom''' (sadhumati), in which one preaches the Law freely and without restriction;
# the '''Bhumi of the Cloud of Teaching''' (dharmamegha), in which one benefits all sentient beings with the Law (Dharma), just as a cloud sends down rain impartially on all things.”

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1. 1998, ''The Seeker's Glossary of Buddhism'', Sutra Translation Committee of the United States and Canada, 2nd ed..[1]

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