The Seven Stages of Purification & Sixteen Insight Knowledges
I. Purification of Conduct
(sila-visuddhi)
II. Purification of Mind (citta-visuddhi)
III. Purification of View (ditthi-visuddhi)
1. Knowledge of Delimitation of Mind-And-Matter
(nama-rupa-pariccheda-ñana)
- brought to maturity in three ways: internally, externally and both
internally and externally
IV. Purification by Overcoming Doubt (kankha-vitarana-visuddhi)
2. Knowledge
of Discerning Cause and Condition (paccaya-pariggaha-ñana)
3.
Knowledge of Comprehension(sammasana-ñana)
4a.
Knowledge
of Contemplation of Arising and Passing Away (udayabbaya-ñana)
- in its weak stage, involving the Ten Corruptions of Insight (illumination,
knowledge,
rapturous delight, calmness, bliss, faith, energy, assurance, equanimity,
and
attachment)
V. Purification by Knowledge and Vision
of What Is Path and Not-Path (maggamagga-ñanadassana-visuddhi)
VI. Purification by Knowledge and Vision of the
Way (patipada-ñanadassana-visuddhi)
4b.
Knowledge
of Contemplation of Arising and Passing Away (udayabbaya-ñana)
- in its mature stage
5. Knowledge of Contemplation of Dissolution
(bhanga-ñana)
6. Knowledge of Contemplation of Appearance
as Terror (bhayatupatthana-ñana)
7. Knowledge of Contemplation of Danger
(adinava-ñana)
8. Knowledge of Contemplation of Disenchantment
(nibbida-ñana)
9. Knowledge of Desire for Deliverance
(muncitu-kamyata-ñana)
10.
Knowledge
of Contemplation of Reflection (patisankhanupassana-ñana)
11. Knowledge of Equanimity about Formations
(sankhar'upekkha-ñana)
- Insight Leading to Emergence (vutthanagamini-vipassana-ñana)
12. Knowledge
in Conformity with Truth (Conformity Knowledge) (anuloma-ñana)
13. Knowledge
of Change-of-Lineage (gotrabhu-ñana)
VII. Purification by Knowledge and Vision
(ñanadassana-visuddhi)
14. Knowledge
of Path (magga-ñana)
15. Knowledge
of Fruit (phala-ñana)
16. Knowledge
of Reviewing (paccavekkhana-ñana)
Attainment of Fruition (phalasamapatti)
The Higher Paths and Fruitions