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While the term prajñā can refer to all kinds of understanding and discernment of Buddhist truths (such as understanding the four noble truths, the various dharmas taught in Abhidharma, the various Buddhist theories of rebirth and enlightenment etc.), the highest kind of prajñā in Mahayana is Prajñāpāramitā, the "Perfection of Wisdom".
A growing concern with the Buddhist of faith, with its celestial Buddhas and Bodhisattva and their Buddha-fields; A tendency towards verbosity, repetitiveness and overelaboration; Lamentations over the decline of the Dharma; Expositions of the hidden meaning which become the more frequent the more the original meaning becomes obscured
Buddhist Wisdom: The Diamond Sutra and The Heart Sutra: Random House The Diamond Sutra and The Heart Sutra, along with commentaries on the texts and practices of Buddhism 2001 ISBN 978-0-375-72600-2: Chan Master Sheng Yen: There Is No Suffering: A Commentary on the Heart Sutra: Dharma Drum Publications
Prajna or Prajñā may refer to: ... Prajñā (Buddhism), a Buddhist concept; Prajna (Buddhist monk), an important 9th century Buddhist monk from Gandhara; See also
This order is a later development, when discriminating insight (prajna) became central to Buddhist soteriology, and came to be regarded as the culmination of the Buddhist path. [94] Yet, Majjhima Nikaya 117, Mahācattārīsaka Sutta, describes the first seven practices as requisites for right samadhi. According to Vetter, this may have been the ...
A Definition Etymology In other languages abhidhamma A category of scriptures that attempts to use Buddhist teachings to create a systematic, abstract description of all worldly phenomena abhi is "above" or "about", dhamma is "teaching" Pāli: abhidhamma Sanskrit: abhidharma Bur: အဘိဓမ္မာ abhidhamma Khmer: អភិធម្ម âphĭthômm Tib: ཆོས་མངོན་པ ...
Prajñāpāramitā Devī remains an important object of worship in the Newar Buddhism of Nepal. In Newar Buddhism, Prajñāpāramitā devi is commonly worshiped through the ritual reading of the Prajñāpāramitā sutras along with votive offerings which are often done to Prajñāpāramitā manuscripts. [31]
A General Explanation: The Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra [30] Buddhist Text Translation Society 2002 ISBN 0881394300: Nan Huai-Chin: The Diamond Sutra Explained: Primodia Media 2004 ISBN 0-9716561-2-6: A.F. Price and Wong Mou-Lam Diamond Sutra and the Sutra of Hui-neng: Shambhala Classics Translation of the Diamond Sūtra and Platform Sutra: 2005