Eight points illustrating the culminating application

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Eight points illustrating the culminating application — among the seventy points of the Abhisamayalankara, eight points illustrating the culminating application, the fifth of the eight topics:

The four culminating applications of ordinary beings:

1. warmth, indicated by signs
2. summit, indicated by progress
3. acceptance, which is indicated by stability in which the twofold welfare is not forsaken
4. supreme attribute, indicated by the complete abiding of the mind

The three culminating applications of noble beings:

5. the culminating application of the path of seeing
6. the culminating application of the path of cultivation
7. the culminating application of the unimpeded

And:

8. the mistaken practice to be avoided.