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Meaning [ edit ] The Sanskrit word प्रज्ञा ( Prajña ) is the compound of "प्र ( pra- )" which prefix means – before, forward, fulfiller, and used as the intensifier but rarely as a separate word [ 1 ] and "ज्ञ ( jna )" which means - knowing or familiar with. [ 2 ]
British Buddhist monk and Pāli scholar Ñāṇamoli Bhikkhu translates prajñā (paññā), as "understanding", specifically the "state of understanding". Ñāṇamoli Bhikkhu notes that Pāli makes a distinction between the "state of understanding" (paññā) and the "act of understanding" (pajānana) in a way different from how English does.
A guide to the topic of emptiness from a Tibetan Buddhist perspective, with English translation of the Heart Sutra 2009 ISBN 978-0-86171-511-4: Geshe Kelsang Gyatso: The New Heart of Wisdom: An explanation of the Heart Sutra: Tharpa Publications: English translation of the Heart Sutra with commentary 2012 ISBN 978-1-906665-04-3: Karl Brunnholzl
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English translation of the Heart Sutra with history and commentary 2015 Naichen Chen The Great Prajna Paramita Sutra, Volume 1, ISBN 978-1-62787-456-4: Wheatmark Unabridged English translation of Xuanzang's Chinese rendition (fascicles 1-20) 2017 Naichen Chen The Great Prajna Paramita Sutra, Volume 2, ISBN 978-1-62787-582-0: Wheatmark
A truly wise person [...] is known as Prajna - who has attained Brahman hood itself; thus, testifying to the "Vedic" "Maha Vakya" (great saying or words of wisdom): "Prajnanam iti Brahman". [13] According to David Loy, The knowledge of Brahman [...] is not intuition of Brahman but itself is Brahman. [14]
Kumārajīva's translation style is distinctive, possessing a flowing smoothness that reflects his prioritization on conveying the meaning as opposed to precise literal rendering. [7] The Kumārajīva translation has been particularly highly regarded over the centuries, and it is this version that appears on the 868 Dunhuang scroll. It is the ...
Taijasa, the Luminous and whose sphere of action is dream, and who is the inward oriented consciousness, is the sound syllable U of Aum because it is exalted and because it is intermediate, it occurs between A and M referring equally to Vaisvanara and Prajna which two are, therefore, identical but itself being an unreal appearance, a phantom.