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l. Be Dharma-lord of Jambudvipa.<br />

These are the twelve merits of the first stage of a<br />

bodhisattva.<br />

2. In the second stage the attainment is 1,000-fold of the<br />

first.<br />

3. 100,000-fold of the first.<br />

4. Million-fold of the first.<br />

5. 1,000 million-fold.<br />

6. 100,000 million-fold.<br />

7. 100,000 million nayutas-fold.<br />

8. 100 million times the amount of dust-particles from<br />

3000 great chiliocosms multiplied by the attainments of<br />

the first stage, plus being the Dharma-lord of 100<br />

worlds.<br />

9. As above, but Dharma-lord of 2,000 worlds <strong>and</strong><br />

receive samadhis to the number of all the dust contained<br />

in 100 million asamkhyeyas of countries.<br />

10. Ineffable-fold. This word "ineffable" is not an<br />

objective word with the usual meaning but a proper<br />

name of a vast number in Buddhism. It is said that a<br />

bodhisattva at this tenth stage can obtain samadhis of<br />

the enormous number of all the dust-particles in<br />

100,000,000,000 nayutas of Buddhas' realms.<br />

J. What Realization Should We Have before<br />

Entering the Vajrayana?<br />

In my opinion, in following the Mahayana Path, before<br />

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