Human Development

Darsana marga

Description:
This is the stage where an understanding of the four noble truths is developed and is equivalent to the first stage of the [bodhisattva]. In [yogacara], this is where understanding and not just knowledge of the teaching develops - there is intuitive awareness of the identity of subject and object. The [klesas] - defilements which are the cause of all misery and affliction - start to be eliminated and the [alaya-vijnana] to be clarified.
Context:
The third phase of the path to realization when the journey is seen in five stages - [panca marga]. Also the second stage on the path of liberation as practised in [yogacara].<
Related:
Afflictions