ポア
Japanese
editAlternative forms
edit- ポワ (powa) (formal transcription of Tibetan འཕོ་བ ('pho ba) used in scholarly discussion of the original term)
Etymology
editBorrowed from Tibetan འཕོ་བ ('pho ba).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- phowa, a Tibetan Buddhist term appropriated by the Aum Shinrikyo cult to refer to killing someone to save them from bad karma