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ポア

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Alternative forms

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  • ポワ (powa) (formal transcription of Tibetan འཕོ་བ ('pho ba) used in scholarly discussion of the original term)

Etymology

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Borrowed from Tibetan འཕོ་བ ('pho ba).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ポア • (poa) 

  1. phowa, a Tibetan Buddhist term appropriated by the Aum Shinrikyo cult to refer to killing someone to save them from bad karma
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