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

The Teaching of Vimalakīrti

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.

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RS

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