Jagaccitta, Jagat-citta: 1 definition
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Jagaccitta 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 Jagachchhitta.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāJagaccitta (जगच्चित्त) refers to the “thoughts of migrating beings”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “Then on that occasion the Lord uttered these verses: [...] (111) He who has no agitated or conceited thinking, who nurtures no idea of awakening even while abiding in awakening, and who practices compassion even though he nurtures no idea of a self or living beings, he conquers the Māra and his forces. (112) Seeing both consciousness and knowledge equally, not being established in the conditioned nor the unconditioned, and regarding the thoughts of migrating beings (jagaccitta) as an illusion, that is the heroic uncrushability. [...]”.
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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