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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Bāhyanīvaraṇa (बाह्यनीवरण) refers to the “(five) outer obstacles”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 31).—Accordingly, “Although the mind is included in the inner bases of consciousness, when it takes as object an outer dharma, it is outer mind, and when it takes as object an inner dharma, it is inner mind. [...] The mind associated (saṃprayukta) with the five inner obstacles (ādhyātmika-nīvaraṇa) or with the inner seven factors of enlightenment (ādhyātmika-bodhyaṅga) is an inner mind; the mind associated with the five outer obstacles (bāhyanīvaraṇa) or with the seven outer factors of enlightenment (bāhya-bodyaṅga) is an outer mind. For various reasons of this kind, we distinguish inner mind, outer mind and both inner and outer mind”.

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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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Partial matches: Bahya, Nivarana.

Full-text: Samprayukta, Adhyatmikanivarana, Bodhyanga.

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