Kutuhalajata, Kutūhalajāta, Kutuhala-jata: 1 definition

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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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

Kutūhalajāta (कुतूहलजात) is the name of a Bodhisattva, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly: as Kutūhalajāta said to Venerable Śāriputra: “In the same way, venerable Śāriputra, I have wished and struggled for all dharmas here and there, but I still wonder about when I can fulfill all the qualities of the Buddha. That is why I am called Kutūhalajāta. I wonder about all practices of the Bodhisattva and the knowledge of entering into the thoughts and deeds of all living beings. That is why I am called Kutūhalajāta. What I wonder about is without any knowledge or any entrance. That is way I called Kutūhalajāta. That on which I wonder about is without weak point concerning any vice or any work of māra. That is why I am called Kutūhalajāta”.

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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.

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