84000 Glossary of Terms

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དབང་ཕྱུག | Glossary of Terms

  • དབང་ཕྱུག

  • dbang phyug
  • aiśvarya
  • Term
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  • mastery
  • དབང་ཕྱུག
  • dbang phyug
  • aiśvarya
Definition in this text:

The Sanskrit aiśvarya can be variously rendered as “sovereignty or supremacy, mastery, or might, superhuman power, or omnipotence, etc.” The term refers to the mastery or sovereignty of a buddha gained through the training on the Buddhist path to awakening and through the development of superhuman abilities or superknowledges (abhijñā) thereby, such as clairvoyance, the ability to read others’ minds, and other magical powers like the ability to walk through solid objects.