ポア

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Japanese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

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

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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