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Eight qualities of the sangha According to Maitreya's Uttaratantra Shastra, the Sangha has eight qualities of knowledge and liberation (Wyl. rig grol gyi yon tan brgyad):

Knowledge of:

1) the profound nature of phenomena
2) the vast – phenomena in all their multiplicity
3) discriminating awareness wisdom

Liberation of:

4) attachment, the emotional obscurations
5) hindrance, the cognitive obscurations
6) the inferior – the obscurations of the shravakas and pratyekabuddhas

And

7) knowledge; and
8) liberation.