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| − | '''[[Abhiññā]]''': The 6 '[[higher powers]]', or {{Wiki|supernormal}} [[Knowledge]]'s, consist of 5 mundane [[lokiya]] [[powers]] attainable through the utmost perfection in [[Mental]] [[Concentration]] [[Samādhi]] and one supra-mundane [[lokuttara]] [[Power]] attainable through penetrating [[Insight]] [[vipassanā]], i.e. ceasing of all [[Mental]] [[fermentation]] [[āsavakkhaya]] | + | '''[[Abhiññā]]''': The 6 '[[higher powers]]', or {{Wiki|supernormal}} [[Knowledge]]'s, consist of 5 [[mundane]] [[lokiya]] [[powers]] attainable through the utmost [[perfection]] in [[Mental]] [[Concentration]] [[Samādhi]] and one supra-mundane [[lokuttara]] [[Power]] attainable through penetrating [[Insight]] [[vipassanā]], i.e. ceasing of all [[Mental]] [[fermentation]] [[āsavakkhaya]] |
| − | see: [[āsava]], in other words, realization of [[Arahatship]] or [[Nobility]]. | + | see: [[āsava]], in other words, [[realization]] of [[Arahatship]] or [[Nobility]]. |
They are: | They are: | ||
| − | 1: {{Wiki|magical}} powers [[Iddhi]], | + | [[1]]: {{Wiki|magical}} [[powers]] [[Iddhi]], |
2: [[divine ear]] [[dibba-sota]], | 2: [[divine ear]] [[dibba-sota]], | ||
| − | 3: penetration of the [[minds]] of others [[ceto-pariya-ñāna]], | + | 3: [[penetration]] of the [[minds]] of others [[ceto-pariya-ñāna]], |
4: remembrance of former [[existences]] [[pubbe-nivāsānussati]], | 4: remembrance of former [[existences]] [[pubbe-nivāsānussati]], | ||
Revision as of 22:18, 2 September 2013
Abhiññā: The 6 'higher powers', or supernormal Knowledge's, consist of 5 mundane lokiya powers attainable through the utmost perfection in Mental Concentration Samādhi and one supra-mundane lokuttara Power attainable through penetrating Insight vipassanā, i.e. ceasing of all Mental fermentation āsavakkhaya
see: āsava, in other words, realization of Arahatship or Nobility.
They are:
1: magical powers Iddhi,
2: divine ear dibba-sota,
3: penetration of the minds of others ceto-pariya-ñāna,
4: remembrance of former existences pubbe-nivāsānussati,
5: divine eye dibba-cakkhu,
6: ceasing of all fermentation āsavakkhaya.
