Arakṣya

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trī-arakṣya (T. bsrung ba med pa gsum). Translated as "threefold absence of secretiveness", "three unguarded actions", "three aspects of absence of reserve", etc.[1] One of the twenty-one sets of undefiled qualities.

The Treasury of Precious Qualities states:

The threefold absence of secretiveness (bsrung ba med pa rnam pa gsum). The Buddha’s every thought, word, and deed is naturally virtuous. Buddhas have therefore no reticence about their actions or fear that others might know of them. They have no need to hide anything.[2]

The Khenjuk states:

The [next] category is absence of reserve. The three aspects of being without reserve regarding his body, and so forth, mean that he is not apprehensive of others or that he has nothing to guard because his body, speech and mind do not possess even the most subtle attributes of faults that could be concealed.[3]

Alternative translations

  • "threefold absence of secretiveness",
  • "three unguarded actions",
  • "three aspects of absence of reserve",
  • etc.

Notes

  1. ↑ bsrung ba med pa gsum , Christian-Steinert Dictionary
  2. ↑ Jigme Lingpa & Kangyur Rinpoche 2010, Appendix 9.
  3. ↑ Mipham Rinpoche 2002, verse 21.74.

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