Pralapasthana, Pralāpasthāna, Pralapa-sthana: 1 definition

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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Pralāpasthāna (प्रलापस्थान) [=saṃbhinna-pralāpasthāna?] refers to “places of (unnecessary) speech”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 41).—Accordingly, “[The eighteen āveṇika-dharmas (‘special attributes’)]— [...] (6). The Buddha has no unconsidered equanimity.—He has no unconsidered equanimity.—[...] Furthermore, the Buddha always has the mind of solitude: that is why he entered into concentration. Furthermore, the Buddha avoided crowds (saṃsarga) and places of unnecessary speech (saṃbhinna-pralāpasthāna) and, by contemplating his own treasury of Buddha qualities, he experienced happiness of supreme purity: that is why he entered into concentration. [...]”.

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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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