Jnanakarma, Jñānakarma, Jnana-karma: 1 definition
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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāJñānakarma (ज्ञानकर्म) refers to “making actions through knowledge”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly: “[...] Immediately after those two sons (Siṃha and Siṃhavikrāntagāmin) were born, in one voice they spoke the following verses to their father, the kind Puṇyālaṃkāra: ‘[...] (167) The liberation of thoughts by one-pointed meditation, never forgetting the profound reflection and insight, making actions through knowledge (jñānakarma) all the time—because of these undisturbed dharmas, it is not difficult to attain awakening. (168) One who is not sullied by vices, who is not established in womb, and who is miraculously born is unsullied just as a lotus does not get wet with water. [...]’”.
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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Partial matches: Jnana, Karma.
Full-text: Catur, Bhartriprapanca.
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Taittiriya Upanishad Bhashya Vartika (by R. Balasubramanian)
Verse 2.320 < [Book 2 - Brahmavallī]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Cidgaganacandrika (study) (by S. Mahalakshmi)
Verse 269 [Svātantryaśakti’s supremacy in Sṛṣṭi and Saṃhāra] < [Chapter 4 - Fourth Vimarśa]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 2 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 10 - Sureśvara (a.d. 800) < [Chapter XI - The Śaṅkara School of Vedānta (continued)]
Part 3 - Śaṅkara’s Defence of Vedānta < [Chapter XI - The Śaṅkara School of Vedānta (continued)]
Bhajana-Rahasya (by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya)
Text 20 < [Chapter 4 - Caturtha-yāma-sādhana (Madhyāhna-kālīya-bhajana–ruci-bhajana)]
Text 35 < [Chapter 2 - Dvitīya-yāma-sādhana (Prātaḥ-kālīya-bhajana)]
Text 10 < [Chapter 1 - Prathama-yāma-sādhana (Niśānta-bhajana–śraddhā)]
Shrimad Bhagavad-gita (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 9.13 < [Chapter 9 - Rāja-guhya-yoga (Yoga through the most Confidential Knowledge)]
Verse 8.14 < [Chapter 8 - Tāraka-brahma-yoga (the Yoga of Absolute Deliverance)]
Verse 9.34 < [Chapter 9 - Rāja-guhya-yoga (Yoga through the most Confidential Knowledge)]
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