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For the five strengths, see "powers." The ten strengths can refer either to one set of ten qualities of tathāgatas, or to a different list of ten strengths of bodhisattvas.

One set among the different qualities of a tathāgata. The ten strengths are (1) the knowledge of what is possible and not possible; (2) the knowledge of the ripening of karma; (3) the knowledge of the variety of aspirations; (4) the knowledge of the variety of natures; (5) the knowledge of the different levels of capabilites; (6) the knowledge of the destinations of all paths; (7) the knowledge of various states of meditation (dhyāna, liberation, samādhi, samāpatti, and so on); (8) the knowledge of remembering previous lives; (9) the knowledge of deaths and rebirths; and (10) the knowledge of the cessation of defilements.

There are two different sets of ten powers, those of the Buddha and those of bodhisattvas. Those of the Buddha consist of power from knowing right from wrong (sthānāsthānajñānabala); power from knowing the consequences of actions (karmavipākajñāna-); power from knowing the various inclinations (of living beings) (nānādhimuktijñāna-); power from knowing the various types (of living beings) (nānādhātujñāna-); power from knowing the degree of the capacities (of living beings) (indriyavarāvarajñāna-); power from knowing the path that leads everywhere (sarvatragāmīmpratipatjñāna-); power from knowing the obscuration, affliction, and purification of all contemplations, meditations, liberations, concentrations, and absorptions (sarvadhyānavimokṣasamādhisamāpattisaṃkleśavyavadānavyutthānajñāna-); power from knowing his own former lives (pūrvanivāsānusmṛtijñāna-); power from knowing deaths and future lives (cyutyutpattijñāna-); and power from knowing the exhaustion of defilements (āsravakṣayajñāna-). The latter set consists of the bodhisattva's power of positive thought (āśayabala); power of high resolve (adhyāśaya-); power of application (prayoga-); power of wisdom (prajña-); power of prayer (praṇidhāna-); power of vehicle (yāna-); power of activities (caryā-); power of emanations (vikurvaṇa-); power of enlightenment (bodhi-); and power of turning the wheel of the Dharma (dharmacakrapravartaṇa-).

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