Eighteen unshared qualities of a buddha 佛十八不共法

The eighteen unshared qualities of a buddha (Tib. སངས་རྒྱས་ཀྱི་ཆོས་མ་འདྲེས་པ་བཅོ་བརྒྱད་, Wyl. sangs rgyas kyi chos ma ‘dres pa bco brgyad) according to the Abhidharma tradition, are:

• 1-10: the ten powers 十自在
• 11-14: the four fearlessnesses 四無畏
• 15-17: the three close-mindfulnesses 三念住
• 18: great compassion 大悲

此十八種乃諸佛初成道時，於盡智位所修得之法，為餘之聖者所無。即唯佛獨得十力，除諸惑習氣；得四無所畏，說法無怖畏；得三念住，不生歡慼心；得大悲，緣一切有情，得明三苦之行相。十力為：處非處智力、業異熟智力、靜慮解脫等持等至智力、根上下智力、種種勝解智力、種種界智力、偏趣行智力、宿住隨念智力、死生智力、漏盡智力。四無所畏為：正等覺無畏、漏永盡無畏、說障法無畏、說出道無畏。三念住為：於恭敬聽聞者住平等心、於不恭敬聽聞者住平等心、於恭敬聽聞與不恭敬聽聞者住平等心。

Alternative Translations

• Eighteen distinctive qualities (Padmakara Translation Group)

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