ཚངས་པའི་གནས། | Glossary of Terms

ཚངས་པའི་གནས།

tshangs pa’i gnas

brahmavihāra

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abode of Brahmā

The Precious Discourse on the Blessed One’s Extensive Wisdom That Leads to Infinite Certainty

Abode of Brahmā

ཚངས་པའི་གནས།

tshangs pa’i gnas

brahmavihāra

1 passage contains this term

Introduction to the Domain of the Inconceivable Qualities and Wisdom of the Tathāgatas

abode of Brahmā

ཚངས་པའི་གནས།

tshangs pa’i gnas

Definition in this text:

A general term that could either refer to the realm of Bramā gods (brahmaloka) as a whole or one of the abodes within it.

2 passages contain this term

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AO

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AD

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AA

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RP

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RS

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