Eight qualities of the Dharma

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Eight qualities the Dharma — According to Maitreya's Uttaratantra Shastra, the Dharma has "eight qualities of cessation and the path":

Path:

1) purity, since free from emotional obscurations
2) clarity, since free from cognitive obscurations
3) remedy, since it overcomes both obscurations

Cessation:

4) inconceivable, since beyond concepts
5) utterly peaceful, since it is free from karma and disturbing emotions
6) unfathomable, since individually cognized

And

7) cessation; and
8) the path.

See also

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