84000 Glossary of Terms

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རིགས་གསུམ། | Glossary of Terms

  • གསུམ་རིག་པ།

  • རིགས་གསུམ།
  • rigs gsum
  • gsum rig pa
  • trividya
  • trividyā
  • Term
Publications: 1
  • threefold knowledge
  • རིགས་གསུམ།
  • གསུམ་རིག་པ།
  • rigs gsum
  • gsum rig pa
  • trividya AS
  • trividyā AS
Definition in this text:

The three kinds of knowledge obtained by the Buddha on the night of his enlightenment. These consist of the knowledge of the death and rebirth of sentient beings, the knowledge of past lives, and the knowledge of the cessation of defilements. These are the last three of the ten powers of the tathāgatas.