（da/sa-bala^ni）. The 'ten powers.' I. Ten kinds of powers of awareness specially possessed by the Buddha， which are perfect knowledge of the following. （1） distinguishing right and wrong; （2） knowing the karmas of all sentient beings of the past， present and future; （3） knowledge of all forms of meditation; （4） knowledge of the relative capacities of sentient beings; （5） knowledge of what sentient beings desire and think; （6） knowledge of the different levels of their existence; （7） knowledge of the results of various methods of practice; （8） knowledge of the transmigratory states of all sentient beings and the courses of karma they will follow; （9） knowledge of the past lives of all sentient beings and the nirvanic state of non-defilement; （10） knowledge of the methods of destroying all evil passions. II. One who possesses the ten powers. III. The ten powers possessed by bodhisattvas. There is another set of ten bodhisattva powers listed in the Shoulengyan sanmei jing 首楞严三昧经 （T vol. 15， pp. 643a-b）.