Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra
by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön | 2001 | 941,039 words
This page describes “three meditative stabilizations” 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 2 - The three meditative stabilizations
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Sūtra (cf. Pañcaviṃśati, p. 20, l. 9–11; Śatasāhasrikā, p. 62, l. 17–63, l. 4). – [The Bodhisattva-Mahāsattva must fulfill completely the three meditative stabilizations (samādhi):
- the concentration with both conceptualization and analysis (savitarkaḥ savicāraḥ samādhiḥ).
- the concentration without conceptualization and with analysis only (avitarko vicāramātraḥ samādhiḥ),
- the concentration with neither conceptualization or analysis (avitarko ‘vicāraḥ samādhiḥ).
Śāstra. –