The Five Paths to Liberation & Enlightenment

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List of the Five Pathway Minds

In A Filigree of Realizations (mNgon-rtogs rgyan, Abhisamayalamkara), Maitreya explains the stages for making progress on the spiritual path to reach liberation and enlightenment. For all practitioners, progress is in terms of the five pathway minds (lam-lnga, five paths), referring to five levels of mind we achieve that serve as pathways leading to liberation and enlightenment:

  1. A building up pathway mind (tshogs-lam, path of accumulation)
  2. An applying pathway mind (sbyor-lam, path of preparation)
  3. A seeing pathway mind (mthong-lam, path of seeing)
  4. An accustoming pathway mind (sgom-lam, path of meditation)
  5. A pathway mind needing no further training (mi-slob-lam, path of no more learning).
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