四无所畏 (四無所畏) sì wú suǒ wèi

sì wú suǒ wèi phrase four kinds of fearlessness
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Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: catvāri-vaiśāradyāni, Tibetan: byang chub sems dpa'i mi 'jigs pa bzhi'i ming la; there are multiple formulations for both the Tathagata and bodhisattvas; the four kinds of fearlessness of a Tahtagata are: 1. 諸法現等覺無畏 knowledge of all phenomena, 2. 一切漏盡智無畏 knowledge that all defilements are destroyed, 3. 障法不虛決定授記無畏 certainty of the obstacles to liberation, 4. 為證一切具足出道如性無畏 realization of all the qualities to be achieved through attainment of the path to liberation (BL 'four fearlessnesses'; FGDB '四無所畏'; Mahāvyutpatti 'bodhisattvānāṃ catvāri vaiśāradyāni'; SH '四無所畏', p. 178)

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