Nine levels of practitioners reborn in the Pure Land 净土， occupying nine levels of lotus seats. According to the Guan wuliangshou jing 观无量寿经 these are categorized as: the best of the best， middling of the best， least of the best; best of the middling， middling of the middling and least of the middling; best of the least， middling of the least and least of the least.