Distinguishing the Middle From the Extremes, Dechen Choling 2001 དབུས་དང་མཐའ་རྣམ་པར་འབྱེད་པ།

Topics: Distinguishing the Middle from the Extremes, chapter 4
2. The three phases of the path,
summarizing them all in terms of three, an approximation of genuine reality
the path of accumulation and application
one who has practicing one of the yanas, mastering the view,
summarized in 3 stages: 1) one who is not purified of the superficial stains, 2) one who is unpurified yet purified, 3) one with the purification is complete
3. the result of the path: 1. the fully mature result: the vessel, the human body, one has diligence, faith and knowledge, 2. the empowering result: do to the power one has attained purification, one possesses power , 3. the result concordant with the cause: wanting, 4. personal created result: increasing, ones virtue in previous life, drastically, 5. the result in the form of freedom: full purification
each previous stage leads to the next, the path of meditation enables habituations, the full completion is the path to buddhahood, concordant refers to the bhumis 2nd to 10th, the work together is leading to suchness, the special result referring to all the bhumis collectively they present the qualities which are for the benefit of others, they are specially higher and there is an unsurpassable result