六种住

(六種住, 六种住)

The six Bodhisattva-stages in the <Bodhisattva-bhumi sutra> [lang id =1028]菩薩地持經 are:

(1) [lang id =1028]種性住 the attainment of the Buddha-seed nature in the [lang id =1028]十住;

(2) [lang id =1028]解行住 of discernment and practice in the [lang id =1028]十行 and [lang id =1028]十廻向;

(3) [lang id =1028]淨心住 of purity by attaining reality in the [lang id =1028]初地見道;

(4) [lang id =1028]行道迹住 of progress in riddance of incorrect thinking, in the [lang id =1028]二地 to the [lang id =1028]七地;

(5) [lang id =1028]決定住 of powers of correct decision and judgment in the eighth and ninth [lang id =1028]地;

(6) [lang id =1028]究竟住 of the perfect Bodhisattva stage in the tenth [lang id =1028]地 and the [lang id =1028]等覺位, but not including the [lang id =1028]妙覺位 which is the Buddha-stage.