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Path of Seeing (Tib. tonglam; mthong lam) is the third of the five paths. It is divided into sixteen moments.

“It is called the path of seeing because it is here that one first sees the supermundane wisdom of the noble ones.”

At the path of seeing one becomes an Arya, or a sublime one. Arya literally means noble or sublime. The Tibetan word for Arya (pakpa; ‘phags pa) means elevated or exalted, as in elevated above the level of an ordinary, samsaric being.

The path of seeing marks the point of the first bhumi. The first bhumi also includes post-meditation. Gyaltsab Darma Rinchen claimed that there is post-meditation on the path of seeing, but other scholars, such as Gorampa, claim that it is taken up entirely with meditative equipoise.

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 *At the path of seeing one becomes an [[Arya]], or a sublime one. Arya literally means noble or sublime. The Tibetan word for Arya (''pakpa''; ''‘phags pa'') means elevated or exalted, as in elevated above the level of an ordinary, samsaric being.
-*The path of seeing marks the point of the first [[bhumi]]. The first bhumi also includes post-meditation. [[Gyaltsap Darma Rinchen]] claimed that there is [[post-meditation]] on the path of seeing, but other scholars, such as [[Gorampa]], claim that it is taken up entirely with [[meditative equipoise]].
+*The path of seeing marks the point of the first [[bhumi]]. The first bhumi also includes post-meditation. [[Gyaltsab Darma Rinchen]] claimed that there is [[post-meditation]] on the path of seeing, but other scholars, such as [[Gorampa]], claim that it is taken up entirely with [[meditative equipoise]].
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