Water with the eight virtues
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water with the eight virtues (八功德水). According to the Praising the Pure Land Sūtra (T12n0367), these eight virtues are
(1) purity and clarity,
(2) coolness,
(3) sweetness,
(4) lightness and softness,
(5) soothing,
(6) peace and harmony,
(7) quenching of thirst, and
(8) nourishing and vitalizing.