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What are the 72 delusions of form and formlessness of Buddhism?
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#96612. Asked by tragic_flawed. (Jun 13 08 11:15 AM)
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Did you mean seventy-two DIVISIONS?
Perhaps this will "enlighten" you-
"There are nine degrees of cognitive delusions, which manifest themselves on nine separate grounds. The nine degrees are simply the higher superior, the higher intermediate, and the higher inferior; the middle superior, the middle intermediate, and the middle inferior; the lower superior, the lower intermediate, and the lower inferior.
The Nine Grounds are the Five Destinies [=Six Paths of Rebirth minus ], which comprise the first ground, the Four Dhyanas, and the Four Formless Samadhis. . . . Upon eliminating the first six degrees of the first ground, one becomes a second stage Arhat .
Upon eliminating the final three degrees of the first ground, one becomes a third stage Arhat. When all the remaining seventy-two are eliminated, one becomes a fourth stage Arhat sometimes only the fourth stage is referred to as Arhatship."
http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/BuddhistDict/BDE.html
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