Eighteen unshared qualities of a buddha
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The eighteen unshared qualities of a buddha (Tib. སངས་རྒྱས་ཀྱི་ཆོས་མ་འདྲེས་པ་བཅོ་བརྒྱད, Wyl. sangs rgyas kyi chos ma ‘dres pa bco brgyad) according to the Abhidharma tradition, are:
- 1-10: the ten powers
- 11-14: the four fearlessnesses
- 15-17: the three close-mindfulnesses
- 18: great compassion[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ Tibetan-English Dictionary of Buddhist Terminology, Tsepak Rigdzin, Library of Tibetan Works and Archives.
Alternative Translations
- Eighteen distinctive qualities (Padmakara Translation Group)