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Revision as of 03:51, 7 February 2019
Eight qualities of a buddha — according to Maitreya's Uttaratantra Shastra, all of the qualities of a buddha can be condensed into the two-fold benefit of self and others, which are further subdivided into eight qualities:
Benefit of self:
- 1) self-arisen wisdom
- 2) unconditioned body
- 3) spontaneously perfect
Benefit of others:
- 4) wisdom (Skt. jñāna; Tib. མཁྱེན་, khyen, Wyl. mkhyen)
- 5) love (Skt. karuṇā; Tib. བརྩེ་, tsé, Wyl. brtse)
- 6) power (Skt. śakti; Tib. ནུས་པ་, nüpa, Wyl. nus pa)
And
- 7) the benefit of self (Skt. svārtha; Tib. རང་དོན་, rang dön, Wyl. rang don), and
- 8) the benefit of others (Skt. parārtha; Tib. གཞན་དོན་, shyendön, Wyl. gzhan don).