Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

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

This page describes “jataka” 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.

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Stories of previous lives (jātaka):

[The lion, the monkey and the vulture]

[The red fish]

[The bird that broke a net]

– There are innumerable stories of this kind where people are saved: they are called Jātakas.

Other Mahayana Concepts:

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Discover the significance of concepts within the article: ‘Ninth anga (member): Jataka’. Further sources in the context of Mahayana might help you critically compare this page with similair documents:

Jataka, Jataka stories.

Concepts being referred within the main category of Buddhism context and sources.

Previous lives.

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