Three Virtues: 2 definitions
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Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgrahaThree Virtues:鈥擜 technical term in Buddhism corresponding to the Sanskrit 艣墨濒补 defined in the Dharma-sa峁僩raha (section 106):
- Meritorious virtue (sambh膩ra-艣墨濒补),
- The virtue of holding to wholesome deeds (ku艣alasa峁単r膩ha-艣墨濒补),
- The virtue of seeking the welfare of beings (sattv膩rthakriy膩-艣墨濒补).
The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., 鈥榯hree virtues鈥�). The work is attributed to Nagarguna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.
: Buddhist Door: GlossaryThe three virtues of power, 1. the virtue, or potency of the Buddhas eternal, spiritual body, i.e., the Dharmakaya 2. the virtue of his Prajna, knowing all things in their reality 3. the virtue of his freedom from all attachments and his sovereign libertySee also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Three.
Full-text: Chandabandha, Kammakubbanta, Upacarekaggata, Pakatiparinama, Pakatikaranavada, Mulaguna, Three Obstructions, Dhotamanavapucchaniddesa, Magha Sutta.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 4.12.4 < [Chapter 12 - The Story of the Gop墨s That In the Holi Festival Displayed Three Transcendental Virtues]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Ch枚dr枚n)
1. By the successive practice of the five virtues < [Part 5 - Ways of acquiring Praj帽膩pmaramit膩]
Part 1 - Exertion (v墨rya), fourth virtue < [Chapter XXVI - Exertion]
Devala-smriti (critical study) (by Mukund Lalji Wadekar)
1.1. Constituents of Dharma < [Chapter 9 - The distinctive features of the Devalasmriti]
Turning the Wheel of Law < [July 鈥� September 1974]
Ramakrishna鈥檚 Message for the Modern Age < [January 鈥� March, 1987]
The Trials of Siru < [January 1967]
Maha Buddhavamsa鈥擳he Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Biography (8): Pi峁囜笉ola Bh膩radv膩ja Mah膩thera < [Chapter 43 - Forty-one Arahat-Mahatheras and their Respective Etadagga titles]
Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra (by Charles Luk)