Duhkendriya, Duḥkendriya, Duhka-indriya: 1 definition
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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraDuḥkendriya (दुःकेन्द्रिय) refers to the “organ of unpleasantness”, according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 28.—Accordingly, “[...] In the Mahāyāna, the Bodhisattvas with vast mind convert beings in many ways: this is why their notion of impermanence is both impure and pure. If it is pure, it occurs in nine levels; if it is impure, it occurs in eleven levels. It has as object the five aggregates of attachment of the threefold world. It is associated with four dominant organs, except that of unpleasantness (duḥkendriya). [...]”.
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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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
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