Theos-Talk Archives (July 2004 Message tt00292)

Dallas,
Here are a few links pointing in a general way to why I asked about the 
"Four Stages of Nirvana." In part I think that incidents of the Buddha 
foretelling of the future Buddhahood of his certain Disciples is at least plausibly 
based on his knowledge of the disciple condition of context vis:

These four wisdom's lead the practitioners to four Nirvana:

Nirvana with residue: realizes the nature of Nirvana but not yet eliminate 
the five aggregates (form, feeling, discernment, compositional factors and 
consciousness).


Nirvana without residue: the aggregates have been eliminated.


Svabhava Nirvana: realizes the Primeval Nirvana is always existing.


Nonabiding Nirvana: abides in neither Samsara nor ulitmate quiescence. The 
Nirvana of the highest Bodhisattvas.
The forth Nirvana transform the normal body of practitioner into three 
ultimate Buddha bodies. They are:

Dharma-kaya: the true body. 
Sambhoga- kaya: the enjoyment body. 
Nirmana- kaya: emanation body. 
(above link: http://www.manjusri.com/TEACH/cFahsiang.htm)

Some where in my Favorites I have online links that iterate the Four 
corresponding Stages of the Arhat and Bodhisattva as correlates, when I find them I 
will post to you Dallas.

Also a website I think has content generally corelate is:

The Diamond Perfection of Wisdom Sutra
http://www.tangmi.com/works/e_works/t6.html
( this site text is very hard to read due to the text color, i recommend you 
use the mouse to highlight the entire ext to make it readable)

John




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