Prajñāpāramitā (Sanskrit: प्रज्ञापारमिता) means the "Perfection of Wisdom" or "Perfection of Transcendental Wisdom". Prajñāpāramitā practices lead to...
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Prajñāpāramitā Devī (Sanskrit: प्रज्ञापारमिता देवी, lit. 'Perfection of Wisdom Goddess'; Tibetan: ཤེས་རབ་ཀྱི་ཕ་རོལ་ཏུ་ཕྱིན་མ, abbr. ཤེར་ཕྱིན་མ, Wylie:...
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Heart Sutra (redirect from Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra)
the Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra in 8,000 lines), and the Śatasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra in 100,000...
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Diamond Sutra (redirect from Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra)
(Sanskrit: Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra) is a Mahāyāna Buddhist sutra (a kind of holy scripture) from the genre of Prajñāpāramitā ('perfection of wisdom')...
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The Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (Sanskrit: अष्टसाहस्रिका प्रज्ञापारमिता सूत्र; English: The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand [Lines]) is a...
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The Large Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras (Skt. Mahāprajñāpāramitā, Chinese: 摩訶般若波羅蜜多經; pinyin: Móhē Bōrě Bōluómìduō Jīng; lit. 'Large Perfection of Wisdom Sutra')...
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Mahayana sutras (section Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras)
(Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya), the Ekaślokikā prajñāpāramitā, Svalpākṣarā Prajñāpāramitā, Kauśikā Prajñāpāramitā, Saptaślokikā Prajñāpāramitā, the *Prajñāpāramitānāmāṣṭaśataka...
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Prajñāpāramitā of Java refers to a famous depiction of Bodhisattva Prajñāpāramitā Devi, originating from 13th century Singhasari, East Java, Indonesia...
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the Mahāyāna sūtras and their emphasis on the bodhisattva path and Prajñāpāramitā. Vajrayāna or Mantra traditions are a subset of Mahāyāna which makes...
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Tathāgatagarbha texts (like the Laṅkāvatāra), and the Huayan school. The Prajñāpāramitā literature, as well as Madhyamaka thought, have also been influential...
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as the various bodhisattva "perfections" (pāramitās) which include prajñāpāramitā ("transcendent knowledge" or "perfection of wisdom") and skillful means...
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Śūnyatā (section Prajñāpāramitā sūtras)
whatever is emptiness is form. In the Prajñāpāramitā sutras the knowledge of emptiness, i.e. prajñāpāramitā is said to be the fundamental virtue of...
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Buddhism, known primarily for his commentaries and translations of the Prajñāpāramitā literature. Conze's parents, Dr. Ernst Conze (1872–1935) and Adele Louise...
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considered the earliest Mahāyāna sūtras to include the first versions of the Prajnaparamita series, along with texts concerning Akṣobhya, which were probably composed...
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monasticism. Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra – Possibly the earliest Prajñāpāramitā text. Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā (Diamond Sutra) – Another possibly...
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Mañjuśrī is first referred to in early Mahāyāna sūtras such as the Prajñāpāramitā sūtras and through this association, very early in the tradition he...
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idiomatically the Prajnaparamita Scripture for Humane Kings Who Wish to Protect their States. Both sutras are found in the prajnaparamita section of the...
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Treatise on the Great Prajñāpāramitā) is a massive Mahāyāna Buddhist treatise and commentary on the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (The Sūtra of...
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Abhidharma, the Mahāyāna movement, and scholastic traditions such as Prajñāpāramitā, Sarvāstivāda, Mādhyamaka, Sautrāntika, Vaibhāṣika, Buddha-nature, Yogācāra...
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Abhidharma (section Prajñāpāramitā texts)
Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā, "only makes sense against the historical background of the Abhidharma." According to Edward Conze, the Prajñāpāramitā sutras were...
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symmetrical lines stemming from the central statue of Yum Chenmo. The deity Prajnaparamita Devi represents the pinnacle of an enlightened woman: a yogini who has...
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major figure in Mahayana Buddhism and is one of the central figures in Prajñāpāramitā sutras. According to the Pali Canon, in the time of Padumuttara Buddha...
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Other power (section In Prajñāpāramitā literature)
Buddha which can influence others. In numerous Mahayana Sutras (e.g. Prajñaparamita sutra), the Buddha's disciples are often depicted as speaking or teaching...
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Dharmaguptaka (section Prajñāpāramitā sūtras)
evidence that the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (25,000 lines) and the Śatasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (100,000 lines) have a connection...
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Five poisons in Buddhism Knightly Virtues Nafs and Tazkiah in Islam Prajnaparamita Seven Social Sins The Seven Sins of Memory The Seven Deadly Sins of...
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Dharmakāya (section Prajnaparamita)
dharmakaya doctrine was possibly first expounded in the Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā, composed in the 1st century BCE. Around 300 CE, the yogacara school...
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Caitika (section Prajñāpāramitā)
Mahāyāna Prajñāpāramitā teachings were first developed by the Caitika subsect of the Mahāsāṃghikas. They believe that the Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra...
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came to signify the Mahayana teaching of Prajñāpāramitā (the Perfection of Wisdom). One of the Prajñāpāramitā sutras is the short The Perfection of Wisdom...
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Śāriputra (section Prajñāpāramitā sutras)
In prajñāpāramitā sutras Śāriputra is often depicted as the counterpoint to the true meaning of prajñāpāramitā. In the Astasahasrika Prajñāpāramitā Sutra...
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memorization, and oratorical skill. Sarasvati thus has an affinity with Prajñaparamita, the goddess of perfect wisdom. They may be in voked by the same mantra...
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