Five circumstantial advantages 五種他圓滿

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The five circumstantial advantages (Wyl. gzhan 'byor lnga), half of the ten advantages of a precious human birth, are:

  1. 有佛出世 a buddha has come
  2. 佛已説法 he has taught the Dharma
  3. 教法住世 the teachings have survived
  4. 教導有人修持 there are followers of the teachings
  5. 環境利於修持 there are favourable conditions for Dharma practice

或云:一、如來出世;二、佛已説法;三、佛法住世;四、自入聖教;五、師已攝受。

Commentary

Chökyi Drakpa writes:

For the five advantages due to circumstances to be present, a buddha must have come into the world, an event as rare as the appearance of an Udumbara flower; he must have taught the three wheels of Dharma; and the teachings must have survived without fading. There must be extraordinary friends who have embraced the teachings; and a master or a spiritual friend must have accepted you. These five are known as 'the five advantages due to circumstances'.

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