Difference between revisions of "Ten stages of faith"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(Created page with "thumb|250px| <poem> '''ten stages of faith''' [十信] (Jpn jisshin ) The first ten of the fifty-two stages of bodhisattva practice described in the Jew...") |
|||
| (10 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[File:0450.jpg|thumb|250px|]] | [[File:0450.jpg|thumb|250px|]] | ||
<poem> | <poem> | ||
| − | + | [[ten stages of faith]] | |
| − | [十信] (Jpn jisshin ) | + | [[十信]] (Jpn [[jisshin]] ) |
| + | |||
| + | The first ten of the [[fifty-two stages of bodhisattva practice]] described in the [[Jeweled Necklace Sutra]]. | ||
| − | |||
They are | They are | ||
| − | (1) arousing pure faith, | + | |
| + | (1) arousing [[pure]] [[faith]], | ||
(2) ever-mindfulness, | (2) ever-mindfulness, | ||
(3) assiduousness, | (3) assiduousness, | ||
| − | (4) concentration, | + | (4) [[concentration]], |
| − | (5) wisdom, or perceiving the non-substantiality of all things, | + | (5) [[wisdom]], or perceiving the [[non-substantiality]] of all things, |
| − | (6) keeping the precepts, | + | (6) keeping the [[precepts]], |
| − | (7) directing previously acquired good fortune toward attaining enlightenment, | + | (7) directing previously acquired good [[fortune]] toward [[attaining]] [[enlightenment]], |
| − | (8) guarding the mind against earthly desires, | + | (8) guarding the [[mind]] against [[earthly desires]], |
| − | (9) discarding attachments, and | + | (9) discarding [[attachments]], and |
| − | (10) making efforts to fulfill one's vows. | + | (10) making efforts to fulfill one's [[vows]]. |
| − | There are differing descriptions of the content and order of the ten stages of faith. | + | |
| + | There are differing descriptions of the content and [[order]] of the [[ten stages of faith]]. | ||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
{{R}} | {{R}} | ||
| Line 23: | Line 26: | ||
[[Category:Jeweled Necklace Sutra]] | [[Category:Jeweled Necklace Sutra]] | ||
[[Category:Bodhisattva's]] | [[Category:Bodhisattva's]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Faith]]{{BuddhismbyNumber}} | ||
Latest revision as of 02:38, 30 January 2015
ten stages of faith
十信 (Jpn jisshin )
The first ten of the fifty-two stages of bodhisattva practice described in the Jeweled Necklace Sutra.
They are
(1) arousing pure faith,
(2) ever-mindfulness,
(3) assiduousness,
(4) concentration,
(5) wisdom, or perceiving the non-substantiality of all things,
(6) keeping the precepts,
(7) directing previously acquired good fortune toward attaining enlightenment,
(8) guarding the mind against earthly desires,
(9) discarding attachments, and
(10) making efforts to fulfill one's vows.
There are differing descriptions of the content and order of the ten stages of faith.
