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The '''two-fold benefit''' (Skt. ''dvārtha''; Tib. དོན་གཉིས་, ''dön nyi'', [[Wyl.]] ''don gnyis'') — in general:
The '''two-fold benefit''' (Skt. ''dvārtha''; Tib. [[དོན་གཉིས་]], ''dön nyi'', [[Wyl.]] ''don gnyis'') — in general:
*the benefit of self (Skt. ''svārtha''; Tib. ''rang dön''; Wyl. ''rang don''), and  
*the benefit of self (Skt. ''svārtha''; Tib. [[རང་དོན་]], ''rang dön'', Wyl. ''rang don''), and  
*the benefit of others (Skt. ''parārtha''; Tib. ''shyendön''; Wyl. ''gzhan don'').
*the benefit of others (Skt. ''parārtha''; Tib. [[གཞན་དོན་]], ''shyendön'', Wyl. ''gzhan don'').


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Latest revision as of 03:56, 7 February 2019

The two-fold benefit (Skt. dvārtha; Tib. དོན་གཉིས་, dön nyi, Wyl. don gnyis) — in general:

In particular, according to Maitreya's Uttaratantra Shastra, all of the qualities of a buddha can be condensed into the two-fold benefit of self and others, which are further subdivided into eight qualities (Tib. དོན་གཉིས་ཀྱི་ཡོན་ཏན་བརྒྱད་, Wyl. don gnyis kyi yon tan brgyad) :

Benefit of self:

Benefit of others:

And