84000 Glossary of Terms

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ངེས་པ་ལ་ཞུགས་པ། | Glossary of Terms

  • ངེས་པ་ལ་ཞུགས་པ།

  • nges pa la zhugs pa
  • niyāmāvakrānti
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  • destiny for the ultimate
  • ངེས་པ་ལ་ཞུགས་པ།
  • nges pa la zhugs pa
  • niyāmāvakrānti
Definition in this text:

This is the stage attained by followers of the Hinayāna wherein they become determined for the attainment of liberation (nirvāṇa, i.e., the ultimate for them) in such a way as never to regress from their goals, and by bodhisattvas when they attain the holy path of insight.