Ten Stages of the Development of Mind

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Ten Stages of the Development of Mind is a seminal Buddhist treatise by Kobo Daishi that systematically outlines progressive levels of spiritual and mental awakening.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist treatise
Shingon Buddhist text
religious text
aimsTo systematize Buddhist paths of practice
associatedWith Japanese Buddhism
Vajrayana
surface form: esoteric Buddhism
author Kobo Daishi
Kukai
centuryOfComposition 9th century
countryOfOrigin Japan
describes progressive levels of mental development
progressive levels of spiritual awakening
focusesOn criteria for spiritual maturity
hierarchy of mental states
genre doctrinal treatise
philosophical work
hasAlternativeName Jūjūshinron
Yogācārabhūmi Śāstra
surface form: Treatise on the Ten Stages of the Mind
hasPart ten stages
historicalContext early Heian period Japan
influenced Japanese Buddhist scholasticism
later Shingon doctrinal classifications
influencedBy Chinese Buddhist thought
Mahayana
surface form: Mahayana Buddhism
intendedAudience Buddhist practitioners
Buddhist scholars
keyConcept gradual cultivation
hierarchical spiritual stages
tenfold classification of minds
language Classical Chinese
Classical Japanese
locatedInCanon Shingon doctrinal corpus
mainTopic mental awakening
spiritual development
stages of the mind
philosophicalTradition Japanese Buddhist philosophy
purpose to guide practitioners toward enlightenment
to map the evolution of consciousness
relatedWork Kukai’s esoteric commentaries
Shingon doctrinal classifications of stages
religiousPerspective esoteric Mahayana
religiousSchool Shingon Buddhism
religiousTradition Buddhism
studiedIn Buddhist studies
Japanese religious history

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Kobo Daishi notableWork Ten Stages of the Development of Mind
Kukai notableWork Ten Stages of the Development of Mind
subject surface form: Kūkai
Kukai notableWork Ten Stages of the Development of Mind
subject surface form: Kūkai
this entity surface form: Treatise on the Ten Stages of the Development of Mind
Kūkai wrote Ten Stages of the Development of Mind
Kūkai wrote Ten Stages of the Development of Mind
this entity surface form: Treatise on the Ten Stages of the Development of Mind