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問：「修持〈真佛密法〉，相應之後，會有什麼成就？」
我答：「約可分九品成就。」
我由「初成就」到「最高成就」一一述之如下：
第一品，心想事成。凡心中想念的事，護法神便幫你去完成。天龍八部的神恭敬你，你可以驅邪縳鬼，可幫人治病。
第二品，役使鬼神。能召請天上眾神天降，天上界地下界的法藏可以得閱，可入龍宮，可入山神宮殿。
第三品，宿命通達。已明白自己或他人的宿命，地仙成就，乘空往來，可赴天上界，已得仙道。
第四品，持明仙王。在天上已是天主的身分，福德智慧，三界無可匹比，神足非凡。
第五品，轉輪聖王。已得五神通，壽命已無盡，住有餘世界，一切自在如如，相貌無缺。
第六品，初地以上菩薩的果位。
第七品，五地以上菩薩的果位。
第八品，八地以上菩薩的果位。
第九品，證無上正等正覺，天人師，佛。
（十地菩薩果位是：歡喜地、離垢地、發光地、焰慧地、極難勝地、現前地、遠行地、不動地、善慧地、法雲地。）
我說，〈真佛密法〉修持相應，這九品成就，只是我大略的分一分，因為這些境界果位本來就不可思議的。有人在第二品中已具天眼，也有人在第七品中，已具佛眼，這些是說不準的，所以只供大家參考用。
The Nine Levels of Attainment of theTrue Buddha Tantric Dharma
Written by Lian-shen Linving Buddha Sheng-yenLu
Translated by Cheng Yew Chung edited by Victor Hazen
True Buddha Foundation Translation Team
Question: "When one cultivates the True Buddha Tantric Dharma and achieves spiritual union, what is the attainment?"
My answer, "You can classify the attainment into nine levels."
I shall elucidate on the selevels starting from the initial state to the highest state as follows:
First level of attainment. Anything you wish for shall be granted. Your wishes are accomplished by the Dharma protectors. The eight classes of beings-the devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kinnaras and mahoragas-shall pay their respect to you. You canexorcize evil spirits, bindghosts,and performhealings.
Second level of attainment. You can comm and ghosts and celestial beings. You can summon celestial beings to descend and you can gain access to the Dharma scriptural treasures kept in the celestial or earthly realms and read them. You can enter the dragon palace and the palaces of the mountain gods.
Third level of attainment. You have full knowledge of your past lives. You know your past live sand those of others. You have attained the attainment of an earthly immortal. You can travel freely in space and ascend to the celestial realms. You have attained the way of the immortal.
Fourth level of attainment: an illuminated immortal lord. You hold the status of aheavenly lord in the celestial realms, and your merits and wisdom are unsurpassed in the Triloka or three realms. You are also accomplished in spiritualt ravel.
Fifth level of attainment: a cakravarti (Universal Monarch). You have attained the five supernatural powers and your life span is infinite. However, you still live in the imperfect finite world of creation and enjoys great freedom. Your features are simply flawless.
Sixth level of attainment: the attainment of the first through fourth bodhisattva stages of fruition.
Seventh level of attainment: the attainment of the fifth through seventh bodhisattva stages of fruition.
Eighth level of attainment: the attainment of the eighth bodhisattva stage and above.
Ninthl evel of attainment: the attainment of the Unexcelled Perfect Enlightenment, teacher of gods and men. A Buddha.
(The ten stages of the development of abodhisattvaare: 1. Pramudita (joy)2. Vimala (purity) 3. Prabhakari(enlightenment) 4. Arcismati (widsom) 5. Sudurjaya (no difficulty) 6. Abhimukhi (openway) 7. Duramgama (farreaching) 8. Acala (unperturbed) 9. Sadhumati (discriminatory wisdom) 10.Dharma megha (lawcloud) Let me say this. These nine stages of attainment attainedthrough the cultivation of the True Buddha Tantric Dharma are only a broad and general classification, for these spiritual realms of realization are simply inconceivable in the first place. There are individuals who have already attained the Divine Sight upon reaching the second level and others have attained the Buddha Eye upon attaining the seventh level; the ermutations are anyone's guess. Hence, this classification can only serve as abroad reference.
