Phala is a Sanskrit

Sanskrit

Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...

 term that means “fruit” and refers to charism

Charism

In Christian theology, a charism in general denotes any good gift that flows from God's love to man. The word can also mean any of the spiritual graces and qualifications granted to every Christian to perform his or her task in the Church...

s in Hinduism

Hinduism

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 and Buddhism

Buddhism

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. They are also known in Buddhism as Maha-phala, which are the Great fruit (phala) of the contemplative life.

The fruit (phala) of Buddhism and Hinduism are very much like the charism

Charism

In Christian theology, a charism in general denotes any good gift that flows from God's love to man. The word can also mean any of the spiritual graces and qualifications granted to every Christian to perform his or her task in the Church...

s of Charismatic Christianity

Charismatic Christianity

Charismatic Christianity is a Christian doctrine that maintains that modern-day believers experience miracles, prophecy, speaking in tongues, and other spiritual gifts as described in of the Bible...

 which are known as the "sign-gifts” of the Holy Spirit

Holy Spirit

Holy Spirit is a term introduced in English translations of the Hebrew Bible, but understood differently in the main Abrahamic religions.While the general concept of a "Spirit" that permeates the cosmos has been used in various religions Holy Spirit is a term introduced in English translations of...

, which are the charisms of prophesy, healing, and speaking in tongues, as described in the Christian Gospels 1 Corinthians 12. Ecstatic Buddhists look to the Discourses of the Buddha, where the fruit (phala) of the contemplative life is described in detail, and most notably in the Samaññaphala Sutta (DN 2). Hindus and Yogis would look to the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali for a clear description of the fruit (phala) of yoga.

The 10 “Great fruit” of the contemplative life (Maha-Phala) (DN 2) are: 1) Equanimity (upekkha)

2) Fearlessness (nibbhaya)

3) Freedom from unhappiness & suffering (Asukhacaadukkha)

4) Meditative Absorption (jhana/samādhi

Samadhi

Samadhi in Hinduism, Buddhism,Jainism, Sikhism and yogic schools is a higher level of concentrated meditation, or dhyāna. In the yoga tradition, it is the eighth and final limb identified in the Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali....

)

5) Out-of-body experience

Out-of-body experience

An out-of-body experience is an experience that typically involves a sensation of floating outside of one's body and, in some cases, perceiving one's physical body from a place outside one's body ....

  (Manomaya)

6) Clairaudience (dibba-sota)

7) Intuition and mental telepathy (ceto-pariya-ñána)

8) Recollection of past lives (Patisandhi)

9) Clairvoyance

Clairvoyance

The term clairvoyance is used to refer to the ability to gain information about an object, person, location or physical event through means other than the known human senses, a form of extra-sensory perception...

(dibba-cakkhu)

10) Ends anxiety & mental agitation (samatha)>