五忍

The five stages of bodhisattva-(sa) kṣānti, patience or endurance according to the 別教:

(1) 伏忍the causes of passion and illusion controlled but not finally cut off, the condition of 十住, 十行, and 十廻向;

(2) 信忍 firm belief, i. e. from the 初地 to the 三地;

(3) 順忍 patient progress towards the end of all mortality, i. e. 四地 to 六地;

(4) 無生忍 patience for full apprehension, of the truth of no rebirth, 七地 to 九地; and

(5) 寂滅忍 the patience that leads to complete nirvana, 十地 to 妙覺; cf. 五位.