vaiśāradya

(Sanskrit). Confidence, fearlessness, or proficiency. Buddhas (and according to Mahāyāna, also Bodhisattvas) are endowed with four types of unshakable confidence known as the ‘Four Fearlessneses’. These are (1) his perfect enlightenment (bodhi) is irreversible; (2) all the impurities (āśrava) have been destroyed; (3) all obstacles have been overcome; (4) the means to overcoming rebirth (saṃsāra) has been proclaimed.