84000 Glossary of Terms

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ཆོ་འཕྲུལ་གསུམ། | Glossary of Terms

  • ཆོ་འཕྲུལ་གསུམ།

  • cho ’phrul gsum
  • triprātihārya
  • Term
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  • three miracles
  • ཆོ་འཕྲུལ་གསུམ།
  • cho ’phrul gsum
  • triprātihārya
Definition in this text:

The three miracles are enumerated in UT22084-026-001-5767 and in Kimura VI–VIII: p. 49 as miraculous magical abilities (ṛddhi­prātihārya, rdzu ’phrul gyi cho ’phrul), miraculous revealing (ādeśanā­prātihārya, yongs su bstan pa’i cho ’phrul), and miraculous instructing (anuśāsana­prātihārya, rjes su bstan pa’i cho ’phrul). See also Conze (1975): p. 476, who interprets instruction as the knowledge of others’ thoughts. Nordrang Orgyan (2008): p. 231 additionally lists three alternative enumerations.

1 Related glossary entries:

ཆོ་འཕྲུལ།

  • pratihārya
  • prātihārya
  • miracle
  • miraculous abilities
  • miraculous display