Kushalakarma, Kuśalakarma, Kushala-karma: 3 definitions
Introduction:
Kushalakarma 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.
The Sanskrit term Kuśalakarma can be transliterated into English as Kusalakarma or Kushalakarma, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāKuśalakarma (कुशलकर्म) refers to “good actions”, 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: ‘(165) Virtue and non-virtue previously performed will never be gone, offerings to the Tathāgata will never be gone, resolution for the thought of awakening will never be gone, and the attainments of the most excellent learning will never be gone. (166) Generosity, morality, vow will never be gone, the determination to be patient will never be gone, the application of vigour for the sake of gratefulness and making good actions (kuśalakarma) will never be gone. [...]’”.
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.
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Triveni: Journal (Buddhism)Kusala-karma refers to “wholesome conduct”, according to (K. Subba Rao’s review of) The Buddhist Concept of Hell by By Daigan and Matsunaga (Philosophical Library).—Accordingly, [...] Repeated births are visualised as happening due to differentiation of subject and object without fully comprehending the interdependence and inter-relatedness of all existents which in Buddhistic vocabulary is ‘Pratitya Samutpada.’ Once this revelation dawns in the mind of man, he attains Nirvana. To rise to such a spiritual height one should practise ‘Kusala Karma’ (wholesome conduct) completely rid of egocentric delusions and clinging to worldly things. But for the layman, the indoctrination of the philosophical significance of ego, wholesome conduct, worlds of pollution and purification is well-nigh impossible. So the hell-device is brought in with its vivid tortures corresponding to good or bad actions performed to encourage virtue in them and make them overcome ‘birth and death’ and get the desired enlightenment or ‘enter the stream’.
Languages of India and abroad
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKuśalakarma (ಕುಶಲಕರ್ಮ):—[noun] work done or articles made by manual skills.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Kushala, Karma.
Full-text: Kushalakriye, Wholesome Conduct, Repeated birth, Murugan, Karmapatha.
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