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Six powers means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Rigpa Shedra: WikiThere are Six Powers through which are accomplished the “Nine Stages of Resting the Mind” (in Tibetan: sems gnas pa’i thabs dgu).—The six powers are known in Sanskrit as Ṣaḍbala and in Tibetan as Tob druk (stobs drug).—The Six Powers are: Listening/study; Reflection; Mindfulness; Awareness; Diligence; Complete familiarity.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
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Full-text (+3): Bala, stobs drug, dran pa, Shadbala, Tsondru, shes bzhin, yongs su 'dris pa, Parashakti, Topa, Sampa, Ashayabala, Virya, Shruta, Viryabala, Shrutabala, Ashaya, Smritibala, Abhyasabala, Smriti, Abhyasa.
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Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 3.7.35 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (7): Sādhana-samuddeśa (On the Means)]
Vinaya (3): The Cullavagga (by T. W. Rhys Davids)
Cullavagga, Khandaka 6, Chapter 6 < [Khandaka 6 - On Dwellings and Furniture]
Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 6 - Description of the Virāṭ Puruṣa—Exposition of the Puruṣa Sūkta < [Book 2 - Second Skandha]
Shishupala-vadha (Study) (by Shila Chakraborty)
Ṣāḍguṇya in the Śiśupālavadha < [Chapter 3 - Six fold policies of a king (Ṣāḍguṇya)]
The three Śaktis, Udayas and Siddhis < [Chapter 1 - Concept of Vijigīṣu king]
Chaitanya's Life and Teachings (by Krishna-das Kaviraj)
Chapter XVI - The Master's doings at Brindában
Chapter XXII - The Master converts the people of Benares and returns to Jagannáth
Vimalakirti Sutra (by Burton Watson)