84000 Glossary of Terms

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རྣམ་པར་བཞིའི་གཟིགས། | Glossary of Terms

  • རྣམ་པར་བཞིའི་གཟིགས།

  • rnam par bzhi’i gzigs
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  • four observations
  • རྣམ་པར་བཞིའི་གཟིགས།
  • rnam par bzhi’i gzigs
Definition in this text:

Probably a variant of the Buddha’s five observations (pañcadarśana), the five predeterminations of Buddha Śākyamuni before he came to this world: (1) dus la gzigs pa, observation of the time for his appearance; (2) rus la gzigs pa, observation of the family of his birth; (3) rigs la gzigs pa, observation of the caste of his lineage; (4) yum la gzigs pa, observation of the mother to whom he would be born; and (5) yul la gzigs pa, observation of the land in which to disseminate his doctrine (Rigzin 366).