abhimukhī

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In Mahāyāna Buddhism, abhimukhī is the sixth of the ten stages of spiritual progress for a bodhisattva. This stage is described as "turning toward" both the cycle of rebirth (transmigration) and the state of liberation (nirvana). The bodhisattva, who delays their own enlightenment to help others, progresses through these stages, each representing increasing spiritual attainment. The stages are part of a path toward universal truth and enlightenment.1

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…sudurjayā (“hard to conquer”), (6) abhimukhī (“turning toward” both transmigration and nirvana), (7) dūraṅgamā (“far-going”), (8) acalā (“immovable”), (9) sādhumatī (“good-minded”), and (10) dharmameghā (showered with “clouds of dharma,” or universal truth).
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…sudurjayā (“hard to conquer”), (6) abhimukhī (“turning toward” both transmigration and nirvana), (7) dūraṅgamā (“far-going”), (8) acalā (“immovable”), (9) sādhumatī (“good-minded”), and (10) dharmameghā (showered with “clouds of dharma,” or universal truth).
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