Pravrajitasamvara, Pravrajita-samvara, Pravrajitasaṃvara: 1 definition

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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

[«previous next»] — Pravrajitasamvara in Mahayana glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Pravrajitasaṃvara (प्रव्रजितसंवर) refers to the “condition of being a monastic”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 41).—Accordingly, “[According to the Sarvāstivādin].—[...] Furthermore, if there really was neither past nor future, the condition of being a monastic (pravrajitasaṃvara) would not exist either. Why? As soon as he would be in a bad state of mind (duṣṭacitta) and would break his earlier commitments (śīla), this monk would no longer be a Bhikṣu. And as soon as a saint (āryapudgala) would return in mind to worldly things (lokasaṃvṛti), he would be just an ordinary person (pṛthagjana) since, [according to your hypothesis], there is neither past nor future nor present. [...]”.

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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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