84000 Glossary of Terms

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སེམས་ཅན་ཆེན་པོ། | Glossary of Terms

  • སེམས་ཅན་ཆེན་པོ།

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  • mahāsattva
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  • སེམས་ཅན་ཆེན་པོ།
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A prince in the past, the youngest son of King Mahāratha. A previous life of the Buddha, when he decided to give his body to the tigress. See entry for “Courageous.”