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the Twelve Deeds; [TRS 60-6]; Twelve Deeds of the Supreme Emanational Body. Remaining in Tushita, descent and entry into the womb, taking birth, proficiency in the arts. renouncing the world, practicing asceticism, reaching the point of enlightenment, vanquishing Mara's host, attaining perfect enlightenment, turning the doctrinal wheel, passing into the final nirvana, and teaching of the duration & decline of the doctrine. Various enumerations of the twelve are given. Cf. Longchenpa, Treasury of the Supreme Vehicle, p. 27. [ GM]

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