"The people of the third category are those of the stage of
Anagamim. With them there can never be such things as slandering the Wonderful
Dharma, keeping servants, male or female, having impure things, or keeping the
books (scriptures) of the Tirthikas, being hindered by foreign illusions, or
being tied by various old illusions, keeping for himself the true sharira
[relic] of the Tathagata, getting attacked by (secular) illnesses or the four great
poisonous serpents [greed, anger, ignorance and arrogance], and persisting upon
self. They talk about selflessness, but never talk about, or cling to, worldly
things. They talk speak, and uphold the Mahayana, but their bodies are never infected
by the 80,000 germs. They remove forever the sensual appetite, and even in their
dreams, they never ejaculate impure things. At the last moment of their lives,
they never feel fear. What does 'Anagamim'? It means that this person never
comes back (to rebirth) or backward. As already stated, no failures or illnesses
ever catch hold to him. It goes, returns and circulates around. It is called
Bodhisattva. Receiving his prophecy [to Buddhahood], not long after that, it attains
unsurpassed Enlightenment. This is the person of the third category."
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