Abhijñā (Sanskrit: अभिज्ञा; Pali pronunciation: abhiññā; Standard Tibetan: མངོན་ཤེས mngon shes; Chinese: 六通/(六)神通) is a Buddhist term generally translated...
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Buddhism refers to "psychic powers", one of the six supranormal powers (abhijñā) attained by advanced meditation through the four dhyānas. The main sense...
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skills gained through direct experience cannot be fully put into words. Abhijñā Firsthand learning Henri Bergson (2012). Time and Free Will: An Essay on...
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after one of the disciples of Shakyamuni Buddha, Maudgalyayana, achieves Abhijñā and uses his newfound powers to search for his deceased parents. In the...
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materialization, and having access to memories from past lives.[citation needed] Abhijñā Iddhi Karamat Pranahuti White, David Gordon; Dominik Wujastyk (2012). Yoga...
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hard-to-fathom as is the great ocean", and also has immense psychic powers (abhijñā). Theravada generally sees Gautama Buddha (the historical Buddha Sakyamuni)...
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belonging to the "thaumaturgical tradition". These powers, known as siddhi or abhijñā, were ascribed to the Buddha and subsequent disciples. Legendary monks...
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Tibetan Buddhist Vajrayana tradition. Awgatha – Burmese Buddhist prayer Abhijñā – Supernormal knowledge in Buddhism Anussati – Type of meditational and...
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being omniscient, instead he claimed to have the "higher knowledges" (abhijñā). The earliest biographical material from the Pali Nikayas focuses on the...
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samatha (tranquility) and vipassanā (insight); and are also said to lead to abhijñā (supramundane powers). These meditation techniques are preceded by and...
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sources as well) contain a classic list of "supernormal knowledges" (Skt. abhijñā, Pali: abhiññā) that a Buddha has attained through spiritual practice....
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upakkilesa are affective obstacles to the pursuit of direct knowledge (abhijñā) and wisdom (pañña). For instance, the Samyutta Nikaya includes a collection...
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other relatives and clansmen. In the first year he attained psychic power (abhijñā), but made no supramundane achievement. Seeking honor and status, Devadatta...
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Brahmaviharas. With the fourth jhāna comes the attainment of higher knowledge (abhijñā), that is, the extinction of all mental intoxicants (āsava), but also psychic...
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Sutra.: 301, 302 The sutra records the time when Maudgalyayana achieves abhijñā and uses his newfound powers to search for his deceased parents. Maudgalyayana...
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incorporates discussions related to other practices including super knowledge (abhijñā), learning, 'skill' (kauśalya), accumulation of merit (puṇyasaṃbhāra),...
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