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'''Six recollections''' (Skt. ''ṣaḍ-anusmṛtaya''; Pali ''cha-anussati''; Tib. རྗེས་སུ་དྲན་པ་དྲུག་, ''jesu drenpa druk'', [[Wyl.]] ''rjes su dran pa drug''):
'''Six recollections''' (Skt. ''ṣaḍ-anusmṛtaya''; Pali ''cha-anussati''; Tib. རྗེས་སུ་དྲན་པ་དྲུག་, [[Wyl.]] ''rjes su dran pa drug''):
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Latest revision as of 08:33, 10 January 2019

Six recollections (Skt. ṣaḍ-anusmṛtaya; Pali cha-anussati; Tib. རྗེས་སུ་དྲན་པ་དྲུག་, Wyl. rjes su dran pa drug):

  1. Buddha
  2. Dharma
  3. Sangha
  4. Generosity (Wyl. gtong ba)
  5. Discipline
  6. Gods or yidam deity (lha)[1]

Alternative translations

  • Six remembrances (Dharmachakra, 84.000)

Notes

  1. The sixth recollection is sometimes said to refer to the gods of the higher realms, who have extraordinary powers of perception, and is sometimes said to refer to one's personal yidam deity.