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'Gateway of liberation'. There are three: śūnyatā, animitta, apraṇihita.  +
Neighbouring. In the context of meditation,this refers to the stage<br> neighbouring a meditational attainment. —►samāpatti.  +
Cessation independent of deliberation, one of the three types<br> of asamskrta-dharmas.It is a cessation acquired not through any<br>effort of deliberation, but due to the deficiency<br> in pratyayas.But like a pratisaṃkhyā-nirodha, it is also<br> not a mere absence,but a positive force preventing the arising<br> of the dharma which has ceased.  +
Enlightnment, awakening. According to the Abhidharmikas, it comprises<br> kṣaya- and anutpāda-jñāna.  +
1.Knowledge, understanding. (The opposite is avidyā) 2. A science or study;<br>e.g. hetu-vidyā.  +