Unchanging: 1 definition
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Unchanging means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): (Tibetan Buddhism)(That which is) Unchanging is denoted in the Sanskrit language as Nirindriya, according to the thirty-third chapter of the Saṃvarodayatantra: a Buddhist explanatory Tantra of the Cakrasaṃvara cycle.—Accordingly, while describing the no-mind meditation: “[...] Free from meditation and concentration and beyond [both] Yoga and reasoning, he leads people to absorption in ‘suchness’, when the mind becomes steady in awareness. It is [e.g., unchanging (nirvikāraṃ)] [...] inexpressible by words and even beyond the sphere of the mind”.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
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Full-text (+151): Nirvikalpa, Aparinamin, Avikara, Nirvikara, Nibbikara, Vajra, Dridhacarya, Aparivarti, Acyavin, Avikriya, Ekarupa, Kutastha, Bhuktimarga, Hetvartha, Pradayaka, Siddhipradayaka, Parananda, Acara, Dhruvagata, Anuccavaca.
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Search found 139 books and stories containing Unchanging; (plurals include: Unchangings). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Abhidhamma in Daily Life (by Ashin Janakabhivamsa) (by Ashin Janakabhivamsa)
Mandukya Upanishad (by Kenneth Jaques)
Brahma Sutras (Ramanuja) (by George Thibaut)
Sutra 2.2.9 < [Second Adyaya, Second Pada]
Sutra 1.4.23 < [First Adhyaya, Fourth Pada]
The view that the conscious subject is something unreal, due to the ahamkara, cannot be maintained < [First Adhyaya, First Pada]
Bodhisattvacharyavatara (by Andreas Kretschmar)
Text Section 168 < [Khenpo Chöga’s Oral Explanations]
Text Section 287 / Stanza 29 < [Khenpo Chöga’s Oral Explanations]
Text Section 214 < [Khenpo Chöga’s Oral Explanations]
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 35 - The story of Upamanyu < [Section 7.1 - Vāyavīya-saṃhitā (1)]
Chapter 4 - The story of Ṛṣabha < [Section 3 - Śatarudra-saṃhitā]
Chapter 8 - Bhairava incarnation < [Section 3 - Śatarudra-saṃhitā]
Mandukya Upanishad (Gaudapa Karika and Shankara Bhashya) (by Swami Nikhilananda)
Mandukya Karika, verse 4.9 < [Chapter IV - Alatashanti Prakarana (Quenching the firebrand)]
Mandukya Karika, verse 2.37 < [Chapter II - Vaitathya Prakarana (Illusion)]
Mandukya Karika, verse 4.29 < [Chapter IV - Alatashanti Prakarana (Quenching the firebrand)]