Bhedyavimukti, Bhedya-vimukti: 1 definition

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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

[«previous next»] — Bhedyavimukti in Mahayana glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Bhedyavimukti (भेद्यविमुक्ति) refers to “destructible deliverance”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 41).—Accordingly, “[The eighteen āveṇika-dharmas (‘special attributes’)]— [...] (12). The Buddha has no loss of the wisdom and the vision of deliverance.—[...] The fruit of retribution (vipākaphala) of these four things is twofold: i) vimukti, ‘deliverance’; ii) vimukti-jñānadarśana, ‘knowledge and vision of deliverance’. The meaning of vimukti has been defined above. As for vimukti-jñānadarśana, it is by using it that one understands the two kinds of deliverance, i.e., conditioned deliverance and unconditioned deliverance, and one also understands the other kinds of deliverance; occasional deliverance, non-occasional deliverance, deliverance of mind], deliverance by wisdom, twofold deliverance, destructible deliverance (bhedyavimukti), indestructible deliverance, the eight liberations, the inconceivable liberations, the unobstructed liberations, etc. [...]”.

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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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