Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

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

This page describes “entering into the assurance of bodhisattva” 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.

IX. Entering into the assurance of Bodhisattva

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Preliminary note on entering into the assurance of Bodhisattva

I. Position of Bodhisattva (bodhisattvaniyāma)

II. ‘Position’ and ‘Position of Salvation’

III. Preparatory practices for the Bodhisattvaniyāma

IV. Skillful means and wisdom

Sūtra (cf. Pañcaviṃśati, p. 21, l. 11–12; Śatasāhasrikā, p. 67, l. 11–13). – Moreover, O Śāriputra, the bodhisattva-mahāsattva who wishes to enter into the position of bodhisattva must exert himself in the perfection of wisdom (punar aparaṃ Śāriputra bodhisattvena mahāsattvena bodhisattvaniyām avakramitukāmena prajñāpāramitāyāṃ śikṣitavyam).

Śāstra. –

Last Updated: 28 September, 2019