Cittasamata, Cittasamatā, Citta-samata: 1 definition

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Cittasamata means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Alternative spellings of this word include Chittasamata.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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

Cittasamatā (चित्तसमता) refers to the “sameness of thought”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “Then the Lord said this to the Bodhisattva, the great being Gaganagañja: ‘Son of good family, the morality of the Bodhisattva becomes like open space when he is endowed with the four dharmas. What are those four? To wit, ‘(1) the sameness of body being like a a reflection in a mirror; (2) the sameness of sound being like an echo; (3) the sameness of thought (cittasamatā) being like an illusion (māyopama); (4) the sameness of consciousness being like open space. Son of good family, the morality of the Bodhisatva becomes like open space when he is endowed with the four dharmas. [...]”.

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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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