摩訶止觀 7.13

English (machine translation) 7.13

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7.13

If one discusses obstruction and opening in this way, vertically discussing in sequence the sixth stage and the first stage, it takes countless kalpas for obstruction to become open. The Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra says: "A srotāpanna arrives after eighty thousand kalpas... up to a pratyekabuddha arriving after ten thousand kalpas." They arrive at the bodhisattva's stage of initial resolve (the first abidance). This discusses holy stages; what benefit does it offer to beginning practitioners?

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摩訶止觀 — Classical Chinese