Cittavivikta, Citta-vivikta: 1 definition
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Alternative spellings of this word include Chittavivikta.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāCittavivikta (चित्तविविक्त) refers to “(one who is) detached from mind”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “[...] However the Bodhisattva, having overcome sixty-two doctrinal viewpoints derived from the root view that there is a permanent substance, produces the supernormal knowledge in the absence of any attachment of view; [...] he is the one who is endowed with knowledge, insight, consciousness, tolerance, morality; he, having entered into concentration, is detached from body and mind (cittavivikta); he approaches his inner and does not move around his outer through such knowledge; he is endowed with the object that there is no object; [...]”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
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