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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Akausīdya (अकौसीद्य) refers to “absence of laziness”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 27).—Accordingly, “[...] Cultivation of the good dharmas, confident faith ignoring doubt, absence of laziness (akausīdya), insatiability in searching for the Dharma conducted among the saints and up to worldly people – insatiability like that of the ocean that engulfs the waves – that is what characterizes the mental exertion of the Bodhisattva. [...]”.

Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Akauśīdya (अकौशीद्य) refers to “absence of laziness”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “How then, son of good family, does the Bodhisattva who has attained memory never forget? Son of good family, the Bodhisattva attains memory (dhāraṇī) by purifying his memory. What then is the purification of memory? Son of good family, there are thirty-two purifications of memory. What are the thirty-two? [...] (9) adequatly grasping gentle speech according to admonitions; (10) never looking for the preachers’ mistakes, considering them as the teachings [of the Buddha]; (11) memorizing and reciting [the teachings]; (12) no laziness (akauśīdya) concerning the teaching; [...]”.

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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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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Akausīdya (अकौसीद्य).—see kausīdya.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)

Part 4 - Bodily and mental exertion < [Chapter XXVII - The Virtue of Exertion]

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