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[[Image:Bodhisattva.JPG|frame|[[Bodhisattva]] [[sangha]] from the [[Longchen Nyingtik]] Field of Merit]] | [[Image:Bodhisattva.JPG|frame|[[Bodhisattva]] [[sangha]] from the [[Longchen Nyingtik]] Field of Merit]] | ||
The '''five paths''' (Tib. ''lam nga''; [[Wyl.]] ''lam lnga'') are:<br> | The '''five paths''' (Skt. ''pañcamārga''; Tib. ''lam nga''; [[Wyl.]] ''lam lnga'') are:<br> | ||
#the [[path of accumulation]]<br> | #the [[path of accumulation]]<br> | ||
Revision as of 20:53, 11 July 2009
The five paths (Skt. pañcamārga; Tib. lam nga; Wyl. lam lnga) are:
- the path of accumulation
- the path of joining (also called 'engagement' or 'junction')
- the path of seeing (or 'insight')
- the path of meditation (or 'cultivation')
- the path of no-more-learning
These five paths incorporate the entire spiritual journey, as described in the Mahayana, from its very beginnings with the taking of the bodhisattva vow and the generation of relative bodhichitta, up until its culmination at the stage of complete enlightenment.
It is said in the pith instructions that the path of accumulation is the stage of understanding, the path of joining is the stage of experience, and the path of seeing is the stage of realization.