Bodhisattva Training
 

1^st level Bodhisattva -The Very Joyous

• Journey– One’s life is revamped into a giving and receiving mode, whereby one’s entire life viewpoint is corrected to a stance of giving without ulterior motive or hidden agendas, with no expectations or attachments. Thus, one acts in service from the divine perspective of ‘for the good of the whole. It is from this life-stance that giving becomes receiving to eliminate worry and frustration, which are aspects of poverty consciousness.

• Frame of Study – The 6 Paramitas (Perfections) as related in Transcendental Awareness Formulas 1 -  25
   
• Monthly Discourse

 2^nd level Bodhisattva – The Stainless

• Journey – The bodhisattva reaches a point of realization about their spiritual practice – i.e. Wish-Fulfilling Gem Mantra, E.M. Meditation, the presence of the Three Jewels (The Teacher, The Teachings, and The Path), the Seven Gates of HUMUH, in conjunction with the development of a quiet mind, which thereby perfects the self-discipline in regard to these spiritual practices.
   

• Frame of Study – The 6 Paramitas (Perfections) as related in Transcendental Awareness Formulas 26- 40
   

• Monthly Discourse
   

• B.B. Bachelor's in Buddhism Degree

 3^rd level Bodhisattva – The Luminous

• Journey – At this level, the bodhisattva gains insight into the impermanent, transient nature of existence. He does this through observation and relationship with people, things and situations, and develops virtuous patience in enduring difficulties while assisting other sentient beings. This is accomplished through his own self-refinement, which has cut off the three roots of unwholesomeness: the roots of desire, hatred and delusion.
  
  The attainment of this level is made possible through determination, and satiety with worldly life and obsessiveness. As a result, the bodhisattva acquires the five supernatural powers: 1) the ability to transmute energy, 2) to hear divinely (to discern the energy within sounds), 3) to perceive the thoughts and energies of other human beings, 4) to recollect some previous existences, 5) to see with the divine eye, which means he contain knowledge of the impermance of life and the consequential cycles of birth and death.
  
  In final development of this stage, one attains the ability to always abide in the principles concordant with enlightenment by being able to make corrections that return one’s mind to its dispassionate center or to reclaim a state of equanimity.
   

• Frame of Study – The 6 Paramitas (Perfections) Transcendental Awareness Formulas 41 - 55
   

• Monthly Discourses
   

• M.B. Master's in Buddhism Degree

4^th level Bodhisattva – The Radiant

• Journey – The radiance of the bodhisattva’s state of consciousness blazes to purify his remaining false conceptions to make way for wisdom. He dedicates his attention to joyfully persevere to perfect the demands of enlightenment: being mindful of body, feeling, mind, and mental objects – in that order. These, in their most exacting state, form the roads to power, which is extracted from the inner silence. Such inner silence brings about concentration, or the basis for the activation of so-called magical power. Concentration here means overall joyful perseverance within one’s mental imagery that is both inquisitive and daring or bold. Such concentration or focus also provides an acute awareness of the sense organs, including the masculine and feminine potentialities that distinguish the genders; the vital faculty of mind that determines all physiological phenomena; the faculties of pleasure, pain, joy, sadness, and indifference; as well as the root of faith, and the faculty of perfect knowledge. In addition they gradually acquire the ability to cultivate principles and methods that are concordant with enlightenment that will take them to the next level.
   
• Frame of Study – Transcendental Awareness Formulas 56 - 70
   

• Monthly Discourses

5^th level Bodhisattva – The Unconquerable

• Journey - This level is called unconquerable because it is extremely difficult to gain command of. At this state, the bodhisattva absorbs himself in meditation in order to achieve an intuitive grasp of the truth. Now doubt and uncertainty of which is wanted has already been cleared away, and the bodhisattva knows that through the attainment of necessary wisdom, the correct way, as well as the incorrect way will be recognized. The bodhisattva has realized that he is at one with the whole, and gradually he attains the ability to always abide in mental attention to see the signs of mental slippage from attention, which allows him entrance into the next level.

• Frame of Study – The 6 Paramitas (Perfections) as related to Transcendental Awareness Formulas 71 - 84
   
• Monthly Discourse

6^th level Bodhisattva – The Manifest

• Journey – This is a level where wisdom can be ‘viewed’. Here the bodhisattva recognizes that all primordial teachings are free from characteristics, forms, and dualities. As a result, he also attains insight into conditioned mental arising, and transcends discriminating thought about the perfection of wisdom; and instead, comprehends nothingness.
  
  Before passing to the next level, the bodhisattva develops the ability to continuously abide in mental attention without any signs of mental slippage.
   

• Frame of Study – The 6 Paramitas (Perfections) as related to Transcendental Awareness Formulas 85 - 90
   

• Monthly Discourse

7^th level Bodhisattva – The Distant Traveler

• Journey – The bodhisattva has attained Self-Realization, a transcendent bodhisattva who can manifest himself in any conceivable form. After passing through this level, falling back into lower levels of existence is no longer possible. This level, therefore, marks the ‘irreversible way’. Before the bodhisattva can move on to the next level, however, he will have to attain mastery over signs by developing an overview of all life situations.
   
• Frame of Study – The 6 Paramitas (Perfections) as related to Transcendental Awareness Formulas 91-100
   
• Monthly Discourse
   
• D.B. Doctorate in Buddhism Degree

There are additional Bodhisattva Levels beyond these Bodhisattva Levels.