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'''Eight qualities of the sangha''' - according to [[Maitreya]]'s ''[[Uttaratantra Shastra]]'', the Sangha has eight qualities of knowledge and liberation ([[Wyl.]] ''rig grol gyi yon tan brgyad''):
'''Eight qualities of the [[sangha]]''' - according to [[Maitreya]]'s ''[[Uttaratantra Shastra]]'', the Sangha has eight qualities of knowledge and liberation ([[Wyl.]] ''rig grol gyi yon tan brgyad''):


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Revision as of 09:34, 11 June 2009

Eight qualities of the sangha - according to Maitreya's Uttaratantra Shastra, the Sangha has eight qualities of knowledge and liberation (Wyl. rig grol gyi yon tan brgyad):

Knowledge of:

1) the profound nature of phenomena
2) the vast – phenomena in all their multiplicity
3) discriminating awareness wisdom

Liberation of:

4) attachment, the emotional obscurations
5) hindrance, the cognitive obscurations
6) the inferior – the obscurations of the shravakas and pratyekabuddhas

And

7) knowledge; and
8) liberation.