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[[Lokottara]] Skt. ([[Pali]], [[lokuttara]]), roughly “su- pramundane”; all that is connected with the [[path]] to [[liberation]] or that is directed toward the [[attainment]] of [[nirvana]] is regarded as [[supramundane]]. | [[Lokottara]] Skt. ([[Pali]], [[lokuttara]]), roughly “su- pramundane”; all that is connected with the [[path]] to [[liberation]] or that is directed toward the [[attainment]] of [[nirvana]] is regarded as [[supramundane]]. | ||
− | In particular [[lokottara]] is a designation for the {{Wiki|individual}} stages of the “[[supramundane path]]” ( - | + | In particular [[lokottara]] is a designation for the {{Wiki|individual}} stages of the “[[supramundane path]]” ( - »[[arya-marga]]), i. e., the [[path]] and [[fruit]] of [[stream-entry]] ( - »[[shrota-apanna]]), of [[once-returning]] ( - ’ [[sakridagamin]]), [[never-returning]] ( [[anagamiri]]), and of [[arhatship]] ( - [[arhat]], - [[nirvana]]). |
In the - [[Mahayana]] ;the [[Buddha]] is considered a [[supramundane]] [[being]] who is [[mentally]] and {{Wiki|physically}} [[absolutely]] [[pure]] and possesses [[eternal life]] and limitless [[power]]. | In the - [[Mahayana]] ;the [[Buddha]] is considered a [[supramundane]] [[being]] who is [[mentally]] and {{Wiki|physically}} [[absolutely]] [[pure]] and possesses [[eternal life]] and limitless [[power]]. |
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(LokeSvara), Skt., lit. “lord of the world”; name of a buddha and of - Avalokiteshvara.
In Cambodia Lokeshvara is considered the embodiment of the supreme principle of the world and as incarnated in the ruler.
Lokeshvararaja(Lokesvararaja), Skt., roughly “king of the world”, buddha of a previous age before whom - Amitabha in one of his lives took forty eight vows to become a buddha. Lokottara Skt. (Pali, lokuttara), roughly “su- pramundane”; all that is connected with the path to liberation or that is directed toward the attainment of nirvana is regarded as supramundane.
In particular lokottara is a designation for the individual stages of the “supramundane path” ( - »arya-marga), i. e., the path and fruit of stream-entry ( - »shrota-apanna), of once-returning ( - ’ sakridagamin), never-returning ( anagamiri), and of arhatship ( - arhat, - nirvana).
In the - Mahayana ;the Buddha is considered a supramundane being who is mentally and physically absolutely pure and possesses eternal life and limitless power.