Kobo Daishi Kukai’s Ten Level’s of Mind and Path of Spiritual Development
(A collection of relevant materials, recommended readings and some sporadic comments)
"Having mastered the Twelve Links of Causation, the mind extirpates the seed of ignorance. Rebirth necessitated by karma comes to an end; even though one does not preach, the fruit is obtained." (Hakeda, p. 70)
"The mind Free of the Seeds of Karmic Causation (batsu goiju-shin). By understanding the process of karmic causation, the person on this level has destroyed the ignorance that is the seed of bad karma. This mind, however, like that of the fourth level, lacks compassion for other beings. (To this level belongs the engaku, the self-enlightened person who achieves liberation by understanding causation.) (Yamasaki, p. 95 - 96)
“The Mind in which the Seeds of Karma are Eradicated (bastugo-inshu-shin). This stage corresponds to the Pratyekabuddha-yana (engaku-jo) of the Hinayana, in which the sadhaka realizes the truth of the doctrine of the twelve-linked chain of dependant co-origination and attains the station of the Arhat (rakan). (Snodgrass, p. 8)
When they practice mediation on the [Twelve] Links of Causation, they gain the knowledge of emptiness and uproot the seeds of karma. [Pratyekabuddha of Hinayana] (Hakeda, p. 159)
"The pratyekabuddhas riding on the Deer-cart are taciturn.
They live alone like the horn of rhinoceros, or in a group.
Meditating deeply on the Twelve Links of Causation,
They gain supernatural power by a hundred aeons' discipline.
Extinguishing their karma, actual and potential defilements,
They aim at complete cessation of their body and mind.
They abide quietly in samadhi, long, as though intoxicated;
But being awakened by the Buddha from their slumber,
They are to be directed to the palace of One Suchness."
(Hakeda, p. 194 - 195)
Recommended readings:
Kukai: Major Works by Yoshito Hakeda, Part Three pages 194 - 197
Thus Have I Heard, translated by M. Walshe, Wisdom Publications, 1987, pages 223 - 230
Beyond the Self, Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, 2010, pages 1 - 3
Shingon: Japanese Esoteric Buddhism, Taiko Yamasaki, Shambhala, 1988
Kukai: Major Works, Y.S.Hakeda, Columbia University Press, 1972
The Matrix and Diamond World Mandalas in Shingon Buddhism, A. Snodgrass, International Academy of Indian Culture and Aditya Prakashan, New Delhi, 1988
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