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8. Achala (Immovable). Because one does not hold to
form and retain in every form, and acts without force,
not moved by the sorrows, thus this stage is called the
Immovable. The sunyata of the patience of the unborn is
obtained at this stage.
9. Sadhumati (Good Thoughts). In this stage, one may
preach freely to everyone and rid oneself of all
obstacles.
10. Dharmamegha (Dharma-cloud). At this time, the
bodhisattva's gross, heavy body becomes as wide as the
sky. The Dharma-body is perfected and just as there
may be many "clouds" in the sky, so he or she becomes
one of these and endlessly rains down Dharma.
After the Tenth Stage comes the time of Full
Enlightenment of Buddhahood when the two veils of
passion and of knowledge are altogether gone.
H. Why Are There So Many Stages in Sunyata?
Someone might object: you say that sunyata means
voidness, so how can there be different degrees of it?
This depends on the depth of wisdom, which may be
shallow or deep, and the realization varies accordingly.
So now we shall give a list of realizations of the ten
bhumis together with what remains to be done.
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