Mithyacarita, Mithyācarita, Mithya-carita: 1 definition
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Alternative spellings of this word include Mithyacharita.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraMithyācarita (मिथ्याचरित) refers to “bad people”, according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 40.—Accordingly: The Buddha utters the lion’s roar. He is like the king of the lions (siṃharāja). [...] The Buddha-lion is very similar. [...] He terrifies the heretics, the scholars and the heterodox. He awakens to the four truths those who have been sleeping. He humbles the pride and haughtiness of those who are attached to the five aggregates as their self. He opens the way through the theories and wrong views of the heretics. Bad people (mithyācarita) are afraid and good faithful people rejoice. [...]
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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