Distinct Attributes of the Buddhas

Distinct Attributes of the Buddhas (sangs rgyas kyi ma 'dres pa'i chos)

• The eighteen distinct attributes of the buddhas (Skt. aṣṭadaśāveṇika buddhadharma) comprise: absence of bewilderment, noise, false memories, lack of meditative equipoise, diversifying perception, and undifferentiated equanimity, as well as the absence of degeneration in motivation, perseverance, recollection, meditative stability, discriminative awareness, and liberation, along with the presence of activities of body, speech and mind which are preceded and followed by pristine cognition and unimpeded with respect to the past, future or present. GD (from the Glossary to Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings)