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[[Image:Bodhisattva.JPG|frame|[[Bodhisattva]] [[sangha]] from the [[Longchen Nyingtik]] Field of Merit]]
[[Image:Bodhisattva.JPG|frame|[[Bodhisattva]] [[sangha]] from the [[Longchen Nyingtik]] Field of Merit]]
The '''five paths''' (Tib. ''lam nga''; [[Wyl.]] ''lam lnga'') are:<br>
The '''five paths''' (Skt. ''pañcamārga''; Tib. [[ལམ་ལྔ་]], ''lam nga''; [[Wyl.]] ''lam lnga'') are:<br>


#the [[path of accumulation]]<br>
#the [[path of accumulation]] (Skt. ''sambhāramārga'')
#the [[path of joining]] (also called 'engagement' or 'junction')<br>
#the [[path of joining]] (also called 'engagement' or 'junction') (Skt. ''prayogamārga'')
#the [[path of seeing]] (or 'insight')<br>
#the [[path of seeing]] (or 'insight') (Skt. ''darśanamārga'')
#the [[path of meditation]] (or 'cultivation')<br>
#the [[path of meditation]] (or 'cultivation') (Skt. ''bhāvanāmārga'')
#the [[path of no-more-learning]]<br>
#the [[path of no-more-learning]] (Skt. ''aśaikṣamārga'')


These five paths incorporate the entire spiritual journey, as described in the [[Mahayana]], from its very beginnings with the taking of the [[bodhisattva vow]] and the generation of [[relative bodhichitta]], up until its culmination at the stage of complete [[enlightenment]].
These five paths incorporate the entire spiritual journey, as described in the [[Mahayana]], from its very beginnings with the taking of the [[bodhisattva vow]] and the generation of [[relative bodhichitta]], up until its culmination at the stage of complete [[enlightenment]].


It is said in the pith instructions that the path of accumulation is the stage of '''understanding''', the path of joining is the stage of '''experience''', and the path of seeing is the stage of '''realization'''.
It is said in the [[pith instructions]] that the path of accumulation is the stage of '''understanding''', the path of joining is the stage of '''experience''', and the path of seeing is the stage of '''realization'''.
 
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*[[Ten bhumis]]


==External Links==
==External Links==
*[http://www.lotsawahouse.org/patrul/stages_and_paths.html Patrul Rinpoche's Brief Guide to the Paths and Stages of the Bodhisattvas]
*{{LH|tibetan-masters/patrul-rinpoche/stages-and-path|''A Brief Guide to the Stages and Paths of the Bodhisattvas'' by Patrul Rinpoche}}


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[[Category:Key Terms]]
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[[Category:Paths and Stages]]
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[[Category:Enumerations]]
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[[Category:05-Five]]

Revision as of 12:43, 12 January 2017

Bodhisattva sangha from the Longchen Nyingtik Field of Merit

The five paths (Skt. pañcamārga; Tib. ལམ་ལྔ་, lam nga; Wyl. lam lnga) are:

  1. the path of accumulation (Skt. sambhāramārga)
  2. the path of joining (also called 'engagement' or 'junction') (Skt. prayogamārga)
  3. the path of seeing (or 'insight') (Skt. darśanamārga)
  4. the path of meditation (or 'cultivation') (Skt. bhāvanāmārga)
  5. the path of no-more-learning (Skt. aśaikṣamārga)

These five paths incorporate the entire spiritual journey, as described in the Mahayana, from its very beginnings with the taking of the bodhisattva vow and the generation of relative bodhichitta, up until its culmination at the stage of complete enlightenment.

It is said in the pith instructions that the path of accumulation is the stage of understanding, the path of joining is the stage of experience, and the path of seeing is the stage of realization.

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