The ten bhūmis, set out in the Daśabhūmika Sūtra, mark the bodhisattva’s path after the first direct insight into emptiness: from the joyous ground to the cloud of Dharma. At each the bodhisattva perfects one of the ten perfections.
Bhūmi
A ground or stage: one of the ten stages through which a bodhisattva progresses to buddhahood.
Also: ten bhumis