Eight perfect freedoms 八解脫 / 八背捨

Eight perfect freedoms (Wyl. rnam par thar pa brgyad) — part of the twenty-one sets of immaculate qualities.
一、內有色想觀外色解脫。二、內無色想觀外色解脫。三、淨解脫身作證具足住。四、空無邊處解脫。五、識無邊處解脫。六、無所有處解脫。七、非想非非想處解脫。八、滅受想定身作證具住。

1. the perfect freedom of form observing form
2. the perfect freedom of the formless observing form
3. the perfect freedom of observing beauty
4. the perfect freedom of infinite space
5. the perfect freedom of infinite consciousness
6. the perfect freedom of nothing whatsoever
7. the perfect freedom of neither presence nor absence of perception
8. the perfect freedom of cessation

Alternative Translations

• eight complete freedoms
• eight emancipations