Axis four · signed as mastery

Attainment

Attainment is the station. Mastery is how it shows — arhat, bodhisattva, tathāgata, each signature read in its own division.

About this axis

Attainmentis the most commonly misread axis in the whole curriculum. It is not “the point where you finish”. And mastery— ten-fold sovereignty of the tathāgata, the arhat's bypass of saṃsāra, the bodhisattva's inexhaustible two-fold resource — is not another stage beyond attainment. It is the signature that attainment immediately leaves. The instant attainment happens, mastery is already how it shows up in the world.

The books · read from the start3 of 3 volumes
Arhat’s Mastery8 papersBodhisattva’s Mastery10 papersTathāgata’s Mastery10 papers

Study by division · each is a volume's spine (open a part)

15 parts
The Signature1The Two Liberations2The Three Knowledges and Six Powers2The Eight Liberations and Cessation1No-More-Becoming and the Worthy2
26 parts
Mastery Begins in the Vow2The Six and Ten Perfections2The Embrace1The Forbearance of Non-Arising2The Ten Masteries1The Refused Rest2
36 parts
The Ground Where Naming Is Full2The Three Bodies1The Four Wisdoms1The Ten Powers, Four Fearlessnesses, and Eighteen Distinctive Dharmas2The Marks, the Great Compassion, and the All-Kinds Wisdom2The Perfected Freedom2