What does it mean by "eighth stage holy practice"?

         The "eighth stage" is the eighth stage - the "immovable stage" of the "ten stages of Bodhisattva".

         Eighth stage holy practice means that: Holy Tantra practitioners, according to Holy Tantra Dharma, undertake Holy Tantra practice as prescribed by Dharma and rituals, at Bodhisattva's immovable stage.

         Holy Tantra practitioners, through "Bhagavan immovable stage holy guan ding", undertake animita immovable stage practice, experience all over Holy Tantra multiple realms, attain undiscriminating wisdom.  Holy Tantra practitioners at the eighth stage would not be captivated by any arrangements of secular or supramundane matters.  They would blend harmoniously and grasp thoroughly the practice of the first nine vehicles of the twelve vehicles of the holy doctrine.  Holy Tantra practitioners at the eighth stage would not be restrained or hindered by the two attachments of I and dharma grasping.  They would receive ultimate and perfect guidance and, in full control of their life and death, obtain great freedom.  This is the "eighth stage holy practice" of Holy Tantra Jin-Gang-Dhyana Buddhism.

         According to the ideal of Holy Tantra Jin-Gang-Dhyana Buddhism's classification of the teachings into twelve vehicles, Holy Tantra Jin-Gang-Dhyana practitioners undertake holy practice of the three zenith formless accomplishment vehicles of animita, anilabhasa and alaksana, these highest wu ji formless yoga holy practice went through the Wu Zong Dharma disaster (841-846) of the great Tang Empire.  Under the guidance of the "four holy she" of "she si rong su", "she seng bao xiang", "she wu liang xin" and "she ji wei zhong", Holy Tantra practitioners enter the "eighth stage holy practice" of the formless shang ji vehicle.  The "eighth stage holy practice" has thus been amply put into full practice.

         At the eighth stage holy practice in the early phase of Animita, after subtly applying, according to Dharma and rituals, the "Bhagavan immovable stage holy guan ding", there are nine more immovable stage holy guan ding (there are in total ten holy guan ding of Holy Tantra formless attainment vehicles belonging to Holy Tantra Bodhisattva immovable stage holy practice.)  "Jin Gang Fa Jie Gong immovable stage holy guan ding" and "immovable stage samaya pure realm holy guan ding" are among the lot.  Although the nominal term is "early phase", it is already the forty-eighth phase of the fifty-two phases of "Bodhisattva's Bodhi path" of the practice by Bodhisattvas for attaining Buddhahood.

         From the preceding prior practice and prior practice of Bodhisattva's eighth stage - the immovable stage, when one practises and trains according to the correct Dharma of Holy Tantra Buddhism, as prescribed by the teachings and the doctrine, and applies diligently, before long, would be able to attain Buddhahood and realize nirvana within the current lifetime.