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'''Liberation''' (Skt. ''moksha'', Wyl. ''thar pa'', Tib. ཐར་པ་ ) usually means freedom from [[samsara]], either by attaining the state of an [[arhat]] or the state of perfect [[enlightenment]] of a [[buddha]]. It can also occasionally have the meaning of performing the action of liberation, a practice to liberate the consciousness of a malignant being into a [[buddha field]]. <ref>*From the glossary in ''The Words of My Perfect Teacher'', by Patrul Rinpoche. Translated by Padmakara Translation Group, Published by Harper Collins, ISBN 0-06-066449-5.</ref>
'''Liberation''' (Skt. ''mokṣa''; Tib. [[ཐར་པ་]], [[Wyl.]] ''thar pa'') usually means freedom from [[samsara]], either by attaining the state of an [[arhat]] or the state of perfect [[enlightenment]] of a [[buddha]]. It can also occasionally have the meaning of performing the action of liberation, a practice to liberate the consciousness of a malignant being into a [[buddha field]].<ref>From the glossary in ''[[The Words of My Perfect Teacher]]'', by [[Patrul Rinpoche]]. Translated by Padmakara Translation Group, Published by Harper Collins, ISBN 0-06-066449-5.</ref>


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*[[Quotations: Liberation Depends upon Yourself]]
*[[Quotations: Liberation Depends upon Yourself]]
*[[Quotations: Sutra of Individual Liberation]]
*[[Quotations: Sutra of Individual Liberation]]
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[[Category: Paths and Stages]]

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Liberation (Skt. mokṣa; Tib. ཐར་པ་, Wyl. thar pa) usually means freedom from samsara, either by attaining the state of an arhat or the state of perfect enlightenment of a buddha. It can also occasionally have the meaning of performing the action of liberation, a practice to liberate the consciousness of a malignant being into a buddha field.[1]

References

  1. From the glossary in The Words of My Perfect Teacher, by Patrul Rinpoche. Translated by Padmakara Translation Group, Published by Harper Collins, ISBN 0-06-066449-5.

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