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Eighteen freedoms and advantages (Tib. དལ་འབྱོར་བཅོ་བརྒྱད་, daljor chobgyé, Wyl. dal 'byor bco brgyad) — the eight freedoms and ten advantages which characterize a 'precious human birth'.

The Eight Freedoms

Freedom from the eight states where there is no opportunity to practise the Dharma:

hells
preta realms
animals
long-living gods
uncivilized lands
incomplete faculties
with wrong views
a buddha has not come

The Ten Advantages

The Five Circumstantial Advantages

a buddha has come
he has taught the Dharma
the teachings have survived
there are followers of the teachings
there are favourable conditions for Dharma practice

The Five Personal Advantages

being a human being
born in a central land
with faculties intact
lifestyle not harmful or wrong
with faith in the three pitakas

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	'''Eighteen freedoms and advantages''' ([[Wyl.]] ''dal 'byor bco brgyad'') — the [[eight freedoms]] and [[ten advantages]] which characterize a 'precious human birth'.		'''Eighteen freedoms and advantages''' (Tib. དལ་འབྱོར་བཅོ་བརྒྱད་, ''daljor chobgyé'', [[Wyl.]] ''dal 'byor bco brgyad'') — the [[eight freedoms]] and [[ten advantages]] which characterize a 'precious human birth'.

	==The Eight Freedoms==		==The Eight Freedoms==