84000 Glossary of Terms

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བསོད་ནམས་ཀྱི་སྟོབས། | Glossary of Terms

  • བསོད་ནམས་ཀྱི་སྟོབས།

  • bsod nams kyi stobs
  • puṇyabala
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  • Puṇyabala
  • བསོད་ནམས་ཀྱི་སྟོབས།
  • bsod nams kyi stobs
  • puṇyabala
Definition in this text:

The name means “Power of Merit”; he is a leading character in a number of the Buddha’s past life stories. In The Exemplary Tale of Puṇyabala, the Buddha tells of his past life as Prince Puṇyabala, whose compassionate acts of generosity demonstrated that merit is the most prized possession of human beings.