84000 Glossary of Terms

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སྤོང་བའི་འདུ་བྱེད། | Glossary of Terms

  • སྤོང་བའི་འདུ་བྱེད།

  • spong ba’i ’du byed
  • prahāṇa­saṃskāra
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  • factors of abandonment
  • སྤོང་བའི་འདུ་བྱེད།
  • spong ba’i ’du byed
  • prahāṇa­saṃskāra
Definition in this text:

The Nibandhana explains that this refers to a standard list of eight assembled factors: zest (chanda), effort (vyāyāma), faith (śraddhā), mindfulness (smṛti), discerning awareness (saṁprajanya), intention (cetanā), and equanimity (upekṣā) (Samtani 1971, p. 221).