- The center of initial determination
- The center of preparing the ground
- The center of practicing for action
- The center of noble commencement
- The center of skill in means
- The center of correct state of mind
- The center of nonregression
- The center of youthful nature
- The center of educating followers
- The center of completion
Based on "The Ten Abodes" in The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra
Leaders in the tenth stage, Cloud of Teaching, bear, receive, take in, and hold immeasurable revelations, clarifications, and clouds of teachings from other leaders.
Based on "The Ten Stages" in The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra
With superior subtle intellect,
Leaders search out the mental tangles of those around them;
They search out the various tangles of mind
And comprehend who can be taught, what the end and the beginning are.
They comprehend beginningless afflictions, in their interrelatedness of application,
As well as the continuity of their courses through compulsive propensities,
And in terms of the various differences in process of action,
And the vanishing of effect with extinction of cause.
Also, by specific knowledge of principles, they know the present differentiation of things. By specific knowledge of meanings, they know the past and future differentiation of things.
They also know accurately the weakness, mediocrity, and strength of faculties; their nature as appearances in the rapid disintegration repeated in the net of faculties.
They also know accurately the weakness, mediocrity, and strength of intentions; their nature as appearances in the rapid disintegration repeated in the net of intentions.
They also know accurately the weakness, mediocrity, and strength of dispositions; their nature as appearances in the rapid disintegration repeated in the net of dispositions.
They also know accurately the weakness, mediocrity, and strength of wills; their nature as appearances in the rapid disintegration repeated in the net of wills.
Based on "The Ten Stages" in The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra
Just as the sun and moon, while in the sky,
Appear as reflections in water,
Remaining in the highest knowledge of the unmoving essence of Thusness,
Enlightening beings appear, as reflections, intending to purify the world.
Excerpted from "The Ten Stages" in The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra
