Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön | 2001 | 941,039 words

This page describes “being born into the family of the bodhisattvas, etc.” as written by Nagarjuna in his Maha-prajnaparamita-sastra (lit. “the treatise on the great virtue of wisdom”) in the 2nd century. This book, written in five volumes, represents an encyclopedia on Buddhism as well as a commentary on the Pancavimsatisahasrika Prajnaparamita.

Part 4 - Being born into the family of the Bodhisattvas, etc.

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I. Being born into the family of the Bodhisattvas

II. Obtaining the level of the Kumāraka

III. Never being separated from the Buddhas

III.1: Benefits of the presence of the Buddhas

III.2: Subjective nature of the appearance of the Buddhas

Sūtra (cf. Pañcaviṃśati, p. 23, l. 2–3, 5–6; Śatasāhasrikā, p. 72, l. 2, 5, 7). – The bodhisattva-mahāsattva who wishes to be born into the family of the bodhisattvas, to attain the level of the crown prince and to never be separated from the Buddhas must practice the perfection of wisdom (Bodhisattvena mahāsattvena upapattukāmena, kumārabhūmim anupraptukāmena, buddhair avirahitena bhavitukāmena prajñāpāramitāyāṃ śikṣitavyam).

Śāstra. –

Last Updated: 28 September, 2019