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From Buddha-Nature
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a subtle divine state of samsaric existence, where sense of smell, sense of taste and sexual organs are absent, and physical suffering, mental distress and unwholesome mental factors such as attachment cannot arise +
'guarding; to be guarded against': an evil being or demon. Some say there are also benevolent ''rākṣasas'', of a semi-divine nature like the ''yakṣas''. +
'He who holds a ''vajra'' in his hand', n. of a Bodhisattva and Tantric deity, a ''yakṣa'' prince. +
the s. of magical power (of levitation, transmutation and control of one's feelings), divine hearing, knowing others' thoughts, remembering past lives, and knowing the death and rebirth of sentient beings; and (in ''Arhants'' and Buddhas only) knowledge of the exhaustion of the contaminations. See ''Mppś'', Chap. XLIII. +
a kind of cloth worn by ''devas''; according to Dharmabhadra and Ch, 'five-coloured'. +
passing away in a mass of rainbow light and leaving no corpse behind. +
scholar, learned man. +
'Imperturbable', n. of a Buddha, Lord of the Vajra Family +
member of the priestly caste +
a title of deities. +
the successive steps in the career of an ''Ārya''-Bodhisattva; Buddhahood is attained from the Tenth Stage. A Master of the T.S. is thus an ''Ārya''-Bodhisattva or a Buddha. +
i.e. all space. They are enumerated as the four cardinal and four intermediate points plus up and down +
one-pointed concentrated meditation, and analytical meditation on Emptiness +
see Marks and Signs. +
'the Sweet-voiced', a form of Mañjuśrī. +
the Buddha, Dharma and Saṅgha Refuges. +
principal officiant at the ordination of a monk or nun. +
'Blissful', n. of Amitābha's Pure Land. +
most important of the three poisons +
