Ten Vehicles of Meditation

Ten Vehicles of Meditation

Vehicles is the means to take living beings across from suffering to Nirvana. Though there are ten vehicles, there is only one teaching (Dharma), i.e., Inconceivable Virtues of the Self-mind, and the other nine are supplementary. According to Tien Tai Sect, the ten vehicles are:

1 Meditation of Inconceivable Virtue of the Self-mind - highest order for superior roots

2 Meditation of Real Bodhicitta

3 Meditation of Expedient Dwelling of Mind

4 Meditation of Breaking Universal Dharma

5 Meditation of Penetrating through Obstructed Consciousness

6 Meditation of Commissioning all Chapters of Paths

7 Meditation of Confronting Delusion and Advocating Enlightenment

8 Meditation of Understanding the Stages of Fruition

9 Meditation of Calmness and Endurance

10 Meditation of Non-attachment of Dharma