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917:dibba-sota
892:Pali Canon
867:defilement
744:meditation
722:mngon shes
469:Traditions
406:Pilgrimage
346:Meditation
306:Post-canon
286:Pāli Canon
216:Middle Way
113:The Buddha
1239:"Abhijñā"
1108:Patanjali
1003:ignorance
938:telepathy
879:qualities
845:They are
832:ignorance
830:They are
616:Sri Lanka
606:Singapore
561:Indonesia
501:Vajrayāna
476:Theravāda
431:Awakening
319:Practices
276:Tripiṭaka
246:Cosmology
221:Emptiness
201:Suffering
1318:(MN 77).
1131:See also
1011:abhiññās
975:follows.
834:and the
736:Buddhism
731:六通/(六)神通
719:མངོན་ཤེས
699:Sanskrit
626:Thailand
586:Mongolia
581:Malaysia
546:Cambodia
511:Navayana
491:Hinayana
486:Mahāyāna
396:Lay life
226:Morality
206:Not-self
164:Concepts
123:Councils
108:Timeline
80:Glossary
62:Buddhism
54:a series
52:Part of
43:Gandhara
1419:Abhiññā
1367:Sources
1360:(MN 4).
1223:45.159.
1169:Vibhuti
1153:Nibbana
1106:and by
1096:siddhis
1084:release
1051:); and,
1036:) are:
1032:tivijja
1024:tevijja
901:) are:
890:In the
851:insight
799:abhiññā
770:abhiññā
726:Chinese
711:abhiññā
703:अभिज्ञा
695:Abhijñā
636:Vietnam
591:Myanmar
506:Tibetan
496:Chinese
424:Nirvāṇa
241:Saṃsāra
236:Rebirth
101:History
90:Outline
18:Tevijja
1406:
1254:
1164:Siddhi
1148:Prajñā
1007:Buddha
999:jhanas
960:karmic
910:-vidhā
836:desire
811:states
795:Buddha
784:dhamma
775:dhamma
748:jhanas
621:Taiwan
601:Russia
541:Brazil
536:Bhutan
456:Buddha
376:Wisdom
159:Dharma
1422:" in
1138:Iddhi
1076:jhana
908:iddhi
753:āsava
631:Tibet
571:Korea
566:Japan
556:India
551:China
516:Newar
441:Arhat
231:Karma
85:Index
1404:ISBN
1252:ISBN
1100:yoga
849:and
847:calm
742:and
707:Pali
576:Laos
481:Pāli
1098:of
1028:or
861:):
789:In
764:In
756:).
1522::
1485:MN
1470:DN
1455:SN
1323:^
1286:SN
1266:^
1250:.
1248:31
1242:.
1228:^
1221:SN
1219:,
1208:^
1196:^
1189:SN
1110::
1086:.
1078:.
1068:MN
1058:).
1044:);
1017:.
995:DN
993:,
805::
791:SN
768:,
728::
724:;
717::
713:;
705:;
701::
611:US
56:on
1506:.
1491:.
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1468:(
1461:.
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1434:.
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1392:.
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1066:(
951:;
940:;
934:a
931:ṇ
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683:e
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669:v
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