84000 Glossary of Terms

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ཀུན་རྗོད་པའི་ཆོ་འཕྲུལ། | Glossary of Terms

  • ཀུན་རྗོད་པའི་ཆོ་འཕྲུལ།

  • kun rjod pa’i cho ’phrul
  • ādeśanāprāti­hārya
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  • miraculous power of foretelling
  • ཀུན་རྗོད་པའི་ཆོ་འཕྲུལ།
  • kun rjod pa’i cho ’phrul
  • ādeśanāprāti­hārya AD
Definition in this text:

Second of the three miraculous powers. Since a buddha knows the minds of all beings, he knows just what to say in order to teach them. The Sanskrit ādeśanā means to “point out” or “foretell,” which he does through knowing the minds of beings, while the corresponding Tibetan term kun brjod pa (“all speaking” or “elocution”) highlights that the buddha’s speech is miraculous because he can teach the Dharma in any language.