The History of Buddhist Thought c24.39

c24.39

4. He passes to the fourth stage, Arcishmatī, “ brilliant,” by practising ten dharmālokas, lights of the Doctrine, examining the world of living beings, etc. He then practises ten qualities that ripen knowledge, the four contemplations, the five faculties of faith, etc., the bodhyangas, and the eight-fold Way. His mind becomes more kindly and soft, doubts are cut off, his dispositions are purified. He renounces the world in the teaching of a Tathāgata, and practises the Perfection of heroism.