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Prajñaparamita (Skt. Prajñāpāramitā; Tib. sherchin; wyl. sher phyin) – literally, ‘transcendent wisdom’. 1.) the sixth of the paramitas: perfect non-conceptual wisdom. 2.) the class of Buddhist literature that was mainly discovered by Nagarjuna in the second century. Its central topic is emptiness. 3.) the female deity who is the embodiment of transcendent wisdom.

Definition

"Prajnaparamita is the wisdom of directly realizing the non-conceptual simplicity of all phenomena, which has arrived at, or will lead one to, non-abiding nirvana."^[1]

Subdivisions

According to the teachings of the Abhisamayalankara, there are four subdivisions:

natural prajnaparamita
scriptural prajnaparamita
path prajnaparamita
resultant prajnaparamita

Literature

Heart Sutra

Notes

↑ From The Words of Jikme Chökyi Wangpo by Khenpo Tsöndrü.

External Links

Prajnaparamita Series on Lotsawa House

[1] From The Words of Jikme Chökyi Wangpo by Khenpo Tsöndrü.

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-'''Prajñaparamita''' (Skt. Prajñāparamitā; Tib. ''sherchin''; [[wyl.]] ''sher phyin'') – literally, ‘transcendent wisdom’. 1.) the sixth of the [[paramitas]]: perfect non-conceptual wisdom. 2.) the class of Buddhist literature that was mainly discovered by [[Nagarjuna]] in the second century. Its central topic is emptiness. 3.) the female deity who is the embodiment of transcendent wisdom.
+'''Prajñaparamita''' (Skt. Prajñāpāramitā; Tib. ''sherchin''; [[wyl.]] ''sher phyin'') – literally, ‘transcendent wisdom’. 1.) the sixth of the [[paramitas]]: perfect non-conceptual wisdom. 2.) the class of Buddhist literature that was mainly discovered by [[Nagarjuna]] in the second century. Its central topic is emptiness. 3.) the female deity who is the embodiment of transcendent wisdom.
-===Scholarly Definition===
+==Definition==
-"Prajnaparamita is the wisdom of directly realizing the non-conceptual simplicity of all phenomena, which has arrived at, or will lead one to, non-abiding nirvana."
+"Prajnaparamita is the wisdom of directly realizing the non-conceptual simplicity of all phenomena, which has arrived at, or will lead one to, non-abiding nirvana."<ref>From ''The Words of Jikme Chökyi Wangpo'' by [[Khenpo Tsöndrü]].</ref>
-:--From ''The Words of Jikme Chökyi Wangpo'' by [[Khenpo Tsöndrü]].
+==Subdivisions==
+According to the teachings of the ''[[Abhisamayalankara]]'', there are four subdivisions:
-===Subdivisions===
-There are said to be four subdivisions:
 #natural prajnaparamita<br>
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 #resultant prajnaparamita
-==Internal Links==
+==Literature==
-*[[Abhisamayalankara]]
 *[[Heart Sutra]]
+==Notes==
+<references/>
 ==External Links==