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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)

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-The enlightened vision which clearly sees the [[four noble truths]] ([['phags pa'i bden pa bzhi]]) (for Hinayana), or the truth of the ''nonarising of dharmas'' ([[skye med chos kyi bzod pa]]) (for [[Mahayana]]). In the ''Maharatnakuta Sutra'', this term mainly applies to [[Hinayana]]. [RY]
+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]])
-[[Category: Key Terms]] [[Category: Mahayana]] [[Category: Vajrayana]]