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'''Prajñaparamita''' (Skt. ''Prajñāpāramitā''; Tib. ''sherchin''; [[wyl.]] ''sher phyin'') | '''Prajñaparamita''' (Skt. ''Prajñāpāramitā''; Tib. ''sherchin''; [[wyl.]] ''sher phyin'') means 'Perfection of Wisdom', or more literally, ‘transcendent wisdom’. It refers to: | ||
#the sixth of the [[paramitas]]: perfect non-conceptual wisdom. | #the sixth of the [[paramitas]]: perfect non-conceptual wisdom. | ||
#the class of Buddhist literature that was mainly discovered by [[Nagarjuna]] in the second century. Its central topic is [[emptiness]]. | #the class of Buddhist literature that was mainly discovered by [[Nagarjuna]] in the second century. Its central topic is [[emptiness]]. | ||
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==Literature== | ==Literature== | ||
*[[Heart Sutra]] | *[[Heart Sutra]] | ||
*[[Perfection of Wisdom Sutra in One Hundred Thousand Lines]] | |||
*[[Perfection of Wisdom Sutra in Twenty-five Thousand Lines]] | |||
*[[Perfection of Wisdom Sutra in Eight Thousand Lines]] | |||
*[[Six mother scriptures]] | *[[Six mother scriptures]] | ||
*[[Verse Summary of the Prajnaparamita]] | *[[Verse Summary of the Prajnaparamita]] | ||
Revision as of 16:22, 12 November 2010
Prajñaparamita (Skt. Prajñāpāramitā; Tib. sherchin; wyl. sher phyin) means 'Perfection of Wisdom', or more literally, ‘transcendent wisdom’. It refers to:
- the sixth of the paramitas: perfect non-conceptual wisdom.
- the class of Buddhist literature that was mainly discovered by Nagarjuna in the second century. Its central topic is emptiness.
- 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
- Perfection of Wisdom Sutra in One Hundred Thousand Lines
- Perfection of Wisdom Sutra in Twenty-five Thousand Lines
- Perfection of Wisdom Sutra in Eight Thousand Lines
- Six mother scriptures
- Verse Summary of the Prajnaparamita
Notes
- ↑ From The Words of Jikme Chökyi Wangpo by Khenpo Tsöndrü.