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gnas pa mi 'gyur ba'i sa means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � gnas pa mi 'gyur ba'i sa in Tibetan Buddhism glossary
: Rangjung Yeshe Wiki: Dharma Dictionary

gnas pa mi 'gyur ba'i sa (གནས་པ་མི་འགྱུར་བའི་ས) (lit “unchanging abidance�) according to Anuyoga refers to particular level corresponding to [rab tu dga' ba]—the eighth of �Ten Stages� or the “ten levels of a noble Bodhisattva’s development into a fully enlightened Buddha� (Tibetan: sa bcu; in Sanskrit: ٲśū);—On each stage more subtle defilements are purified and a further degree of enlightened qualities is manifested.—They are also known as the “ten ū� or “ten Bodhisattva stages�. According to Anu Yoga, corresponding to the eighth stage [mi g.yo ba] is the Unchanging Abidance [gnas pa mi 'gyur ba'i sa]. This stage is known in Sanskrit as Acalā.

: Wisdom Experience: The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism

gnas pa mi 'gyur ba'i sa (གནས་པ་མི་འགྱུར་བའི་ས) refers to the “level of unchanging abode� which represents one of the �Ten Levels� corresponding to the four paths of learning according to Anuyoga, which forms the connecting link between the Mahāyoga of the creation [stage] and the vehicle of extremely perfect yoga [i.e. Atiyoga].—[...] The next three levels, that is, the [eighth] level of unchanging abode (gnas-pa mi-'gyur-ba'i sa), the [ninth] level of expanding reality (bdal-bachos-nyid-kyi sa) and the [tenth] level of riding on perfection (rdzogs-pa ci-chibs-kyi sa), are subsumed by the yoga which perfects the great expressive power of the final path (mthar-lam rtsal-chen rdzogs-pa'i rnal-'byor).

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (Բ) are collected indepently.

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