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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Gambhīradharma (गम्भीरधर्म) refers to the “the profound dharmas” according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter X. Accordingly, the Bodhisattvas have crossed over to the other shore of the patience relating to the profound dharmas. What are the profound dharmas (gambhīradharma)?

1) The twelve causes and conditions (dvādaśa-hetupratyaya) are called gambhīradharma.

2) Also, we call gambhīradharma the breaking of the thread (jāla) of the sixty-two wrong views (dṛṣṭigata) relating to the past (atīta) and the future (anāgata).

3) The three gates of deliverance (vimokṣamukha) are also called (gambhīradharma) as the Buddha said in the Prajñāpāramitā.

4) The explanation of the nature of all dharmas is also called gambhīradharma: the true (satya) nature, indestructible (akṣaya) and immutable (akṣobhya, acala).

5) Finally, we also call gambhīradharma the exclusion of inner conceptual knowledge and the fixing of the concentrated mind on the pure true nature of all dharmas.

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

Gambhīradharma (गम्भीरधर्म) refers to the “profound (guiding principle of the) dharma”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “How then, son of good family, does the Bodhisattva enter into the profound guiding principle of the dharma (gambhīradharma-nayapraveśa) which is difficult for disciples and isolated Buddhas to understand? What is called ‘profound’, son of good family, is the dependent origination. [...]

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Gambhira, Dharma, Tarma.

Starts with: Gambhiradharmagunarajashiri, Gambhiradharmagunarajashri, Gambhiradharmashrisamudraprabha.

Full-text: Nayapravesha, Dharmakshanti, Bala, Hetupratyaya, Pancabala.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Gambhiradharma, Gambhīradharma, Gambhira-dharma, Gambhīra-dharma; (plurals include: Gambhiradharmas, Gambhīradharmas, dharmas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)

Bodhisattva quality 23: endowed with utmost patience < [Chapter XII - Unhindered Mind]

Part 3 - Exertion and the other virtues < [Chapter XXVII - The Virtue of Exertion]

Bodhisattva quality 10: patience relating to the profound dharmas < [Chapter X - The Qualities of the Bodhisattvas]

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