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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Antadvaya (अन्तद्वय) refers to the “twofold extremes”, according to  the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 1.—Accordingly: There are people who could be saved, but who sometimes fall into the two extremes (antadvaya), whether, out of ignorance, they seek only bodily pleasures, or whether, by the path of activity, they give themselves up to asceticism. From the absolute point of view, these people lose the right path of nirvāṇa. In order to extirpate these twofold extremes (antadvaya) and introduce people into the middle path, the Buddha preaches the Mahāprajñāpāramitā. [...]

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

Antadvaya (अन्तद्वय) refers to “(all the views of) two extremes”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “[...] Then, the bodhisatva, the great being, Gaganagañja addressed himself to the Lord: [...] (23) [How are Bodhisattvas] skilled in knowing the entrance into the dependent origination, and free from all views of two extremes (sarva-antadvaya-dṛṣṭi-vivarjita)? (24) [How do the Bodhisattvas see] the suchness without any differentiation between knowledge (jñāna) and skillful means as sealed with the seal of the Tathāgata? [...]’”.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Dvaya, Anta.

Ends with: Dantadvaya.

Full-text: Dharmanusmriti, Santati.

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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)

II.1. Dharma skillfully presented < [II. Recollection of the Dharma (dharmānusmṛti)]

II. The ten powers (bala) of the Bodhisattva < [Part 2 - The ten powers and the four fearlessnesses according to the Mahāyāna]

Bodhisattva quality 23: endowed with utmost patience < [Chapter XII - Unhindered Mind]

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