The Sanskrit term Dharmaparyeṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Dharmaparyesana or Dharmaparyeshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Dharmaparyeṣaṇa (धर्मपर्येषण) refers to “searching for the Dharma”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 27).—Accordingly, “[...] Cultivation of the good dharmas, confident faith ignoring doubt, absence of laziness, insatiability in searching for the Dharma (dharmaparyeṣaṇa-asaṃtuṣṭi) 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. [...] The exertion of the Bodhisattva cannot be the object of an ordinary comparison. If the person digging the well does not succeed in finding water, this is as a result of his small efforts and not because there is no water. If there is no water in that place, there is some elsewhere, to be sure, and he should go where it is. The Bodhisattva must go to Buddha-hood, go there insatiably, and teach people relentlessly [to go there]. This is why we spoke of insatiability (asaṃtuṣṭi). [...]”.

context information

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: Dharma, Paryeshana, Tarma.

Full-text: Paryeshana, Asamtushti.

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