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:--''Based on [[Mipham Rinpoche]]'s [[Khenjuk]]''
:--''Based on [[Mipham Rinpoche]]'s [[Khenjuk]]''
==Further Reading==
*[[Kangyur Rinpoche]], ''Treasury of Precious Qualities'' (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2001), 'Appendix 9'.


[[Category:Abhisamayalankara]]
[[Category:Abhisamayalankara]]

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Twenty-one sets of immaculate qualities (Wyl. zag pa med pa'i chos sde tshan nyer gcig) — the qualities of the buddha's dharmakaya, which are mentioned in the Abhisamayalankara:

  1. Thirty-seven factors of enlightenment
  2. Four immeasurables
  3. Eight perfect freedoms (Wyl. rnam par thar pa brgyad)
  4. Nine states of successive abiding (Wyl. mthar gyis gnas pa'i snyoms 'jug dgu)
  5. Eight spheres of subjugation (Wyl. zil gyis gnon pa'i sky mched brgyad)
  6. Ten totalities (Wyl. zad pa bcu)
  7. Absence of destructive emotions (Wyl. nyon mongs med pa)
  8. Knowledge from aspiration (Wyl. smon nas mkhyen pa)
  9. Six supernatural perceptions (Wyl. mngon par shes pa drug)
  10. Four perfect knowledges (Wyl. so so yang dag par rig pa bzhi)
  11. Four universal purities (Wyl. rnam pa thams cad dag pa)
  12. Ten powers (Wyl. dbang bcu)
  13. Ten strengths (Wyl. stobs bcu)
  14. Four fearlessnesses
  15. Eighteen unshared attributes
  16. Having nothing to guard (Wyl. bsrung ba med pa)
  17. Three close mindfulnesses (Wyl. dran pa nye bar bzhag pa gsum)
  18. Absence of forgetfulness (Wyl. bsnyel ba mi mnga' ba)
  19. Complete elimination of habitual tendencies (Wyl. bag chags yang dag par bcom pa)
  20. Great compassion (Wyl. thugs rje chen po)
  21. Omniscience (Wyl. rnam pa thams cad mkhyen pa nyid)
--Based on Mipham Rinpoche's Khenjuk

Further Reading

  • Kangyur Rinpoche, Treasury of Precious Qualities (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2001), 'Appendix 9'.