Ten Powers
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Ten Powers (daśa-bala, 十力). Only a Buddha has perfect knowledge of
- (1) the right or wrong in every situation and its corresponding karmic consequences;
- (2) the karmic requitals of every sentient being in the past, present, and future;
- (3) all stages of dhyāna and samādhi;
- (4) the capacity and future attainment of every sentient being;
- (5) the desires and inclinations of every sentient being;
- (6) the nature and condition of every sentient being;
- (7) the consequences of all actions with or without afflictions;
- (8) all past lives of every sentient being and their karmic reasons;
- (9) all future rebirths of every sentient being and their karmic reasons;
- (10) the permanent termination of all afflictions and habits upon attainment of Buddhahood.
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The Ten Powers of Buddha or Bodhisattva are the complete knowledge of
- 1 what is right or wrong in every condition
- 2 what is the karma of every being, past, present and future
- 3 all stages of dhyana liberation and samadhi
- 4 the powers and faculties of all beings
- 5 the desires or moral directions of every being
- 6 the actual condition of every individual
- 7 the direction and consequence of all laws
- 8 all causes of mortality and of good and evil in their reality
- 9 the end of all beings and Nirvana
- 10 the destruction of all illusion of every kind
to know:
- 1. what is right and wrong in every situation
- 2. the retributive effects of past, present and future karmas of every being
- 3. all stages of dhyana liberation and samadhi
- 4. the powers and faculties of all beings
- 5. the desires or moral direction of every being
- 6. the actual condition of every being
- 7. the direction and consequences of all laws
- 8. all causes of morality and good and evil in their reality
- 9. the end of all beings and nirvana
- 10. the destruction of all illusion of every kind