Theos-Talk Archives (July 2004 Message tt00394)

July 27 04

Nirvana 4 stages ?

Many thanks

I reviewed and am unfamiliar with some as you could see from my answer.

I place some references and notes below.

Thanks

Dal

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From: samblo@cs.com [mailto:samblo@cs.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 6:26 PM
To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Theos-World RE: : Evolution and Emptiness TIME, MIND, ILLUSION,
REALITY,...

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:

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


2	Nirvana without residue: the aggregates have been eliminated.


3	Svabhava Nirvana: realizes the Primeval Nirvana is always existing.


4	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)

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DTB	see The VOICE OF THE SILENCE pp 77-9 end of fragment III where
these are given and explained.


Also in the SECRET DOCTRINE SOME PAGES 

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Nirvana (Skt) II 204. See also Devachan, Paranirvana

akasa &, objectively eternal I 635 
aspired to by kumaras II 243 
devachan & I 173 
dreamless sleep & I 266 
five becomes seven in II 580 ; I 38-9
four paths to I 206 
individual pralaya I 371 
laya a synonym for I 140, 289 &n 
man loses self in I 570 
maruts renounce II 615 
men can reach II 246 
merging w Alaya is not I 48 
monads not reaching, fate of II 57 &n 
nirmanakayas, elect, renounce II 281-2, 615 
passage of spirit to Be-ness I 193 
post-manvantaric I 373; II 491 
promised land or I 568 &n 
qualifications to enter I xix; II 81 
reached by Buddha II 532 
reached by suffering II 81 
thread of radiance dissolves in II 80 
turiya samadhi or I 570 
vanishing point of matter I 177 
various names of I 38 &n

Nirvani(s) (Skt)

highest, start manvantara II 232 
returning II 79-80, 232 
spirits of men becoming I 240



and in THEOSOPHICAL GLOSSARY see 

TRIKAYA PP. 338-9; 

TRISHARANA P. 342-3

TRIYANA P. 344


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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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