三断
The three cuttings off or excisions (of 惑 beguiling delusions, or perplexities). (1) (a) 见所断 to cut off delusions of view, of which Hnayna has eighty-eight kinds; (b) 修所断in practice, eighty-one kinds; (c) 非所断nothing left to cut off, perfect. v. 舍论 2. (2) (a) 自性断 to cut off the nature or root (of delusion); (b) 缘缚断 to cut off the external bonds, or objective causes (of delusions); (c) 不生断 (delusion) no longer arising, therefore nothing produced to cut off. The third stage in both groups is that of an arhat.
