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* 4) wisdom (Skt. ''[[jñāna]]''; Tib. མཁྱེན་, ''khyen'', Wyl. ''mkhyen'') | * 4) wisdom (Skt. ''[[jñāna]]''; Tib. མཁྱེན་, ''khyen'', Wyl. ''mkhyen'') | ||
* 5) love (Skt. ''karuṇā''; Tib. བརྩེ་, ''tsé'', Wyl. ''brtse'') | * 5) love (Skt. ''karuṇā''; Tib. བརྩེ་, ''tsé'', Wyl. ''brtse'') | ||
* 6) power (Skt. ''śakti''; Tib. ནུས་པ་, ''nüpa'', Wyl. ''nus pa'') | * 6) power (Skt. ''śakti''; Tib. [[ནུས་པ་]], ''nüpa'', Wyl. ''nus pa'') | ||
And | And | ||
* 7) the benefit of self (Skt. ''svārtha''; Tib. རང་དོན་, ''rang dön'', Wyl. ''rang don''), 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''). | * 8) the benefit of others (Skt. ''parārtha''; Tib. [[གཞན་དོན་]], ''shyendön'', Wyl. ''gzhan don''). | ||
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Revision as of 03:59, 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 (Tib. དོན་གཉིས་ཀྱི་ཡོན་ཏན་བརྒྱད་, Wyl. don gnyis kyi yon tan brgyad) :
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