Eighteen freedoms and advantages
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Eighteen freedoms and advantages (Wyl. dal 'byor bco brgyad) — the eight freedoms and ten advantages which characterize a 'precious human birth'.
The Eight Freedoms
Freedom from the eight states where there is no opportunity to practise the Dharma:
- hells
- preta realms
- animals
- long-living gods
- uncivilized lands
- incomplete faculties
- with wrong views
- a buddha has not come
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The Ten Advantages
The Five Circumstantial Advantages
- a buddha has come
- he has taught the Dharma
- the teachings have survived
- there are followers of the teachings
- there are favourable conditions for Dharma practice
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The Five Personal Advantages
- being a human being
- born in a central land
- with faculties intact
- lifestyle not harmful or wrong
- with faith in the three pitakas
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