anattā (notself),

anattā (notself),
38 and, when fully realised, they become the very basis
of supreme enlightenment.
The only direct canonical reference to the seven stages of
purification is to be found in the Rathavinītasutta (The Discourse on the
Relay Chariots), the twentyfourth
discourse of the Majjhimanikāya. 39
The seven stages of purification (sattavisuddhi) are as follows:
(1) The purification of virtue (sīlavisuddhi);
(2) The purification of mind (cittavisuddhi);
(3) The purification of view (di hivisuddhi);
(4) The purification by overcoming doubt (ka khāvitara avisuddhi)
;
(5) The purification by knowledge and vision of what is path and

notpath
(maggāmaggañā adassanavisuddhi);
(6) The purification by knowledge and vision of the way
(pa ipadāñā adassanavisuddhi);
(7) The purification by knowledge and vision
(ñā adassanavisuddhi).
2.2.4 The Body of Vipassanā
The last five of the seven stages of purification may be regarded
as the “body” of vipassanā. They are attainable by understanding the true
38 Grant A. Olson Tr., Buddadhamma, (Albany: State University of New
York Press, 1995), pp. 6263.
39 Bhikkhu Bodhi Tr., The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha (A
New Translation of the Majjima Nik ya, (Kandy: BPS, 1995), p.243.
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nature of phenomenal existence, and they also lead to nibbāna. The
phrase “the true nature of phenomenal existence” implies the three above
characteristics (lakkha āni), which all animate organisms and inanimate
things in the universe share.

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