Ratnacitta, Ratna-citta: 1 definition

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Ratnacitta 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Ratnachitta.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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

Ratnacitta (रत्नचित्त) is the name of a Bodhisattva, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “Then the Bodhisattva Gaganagañja said this to the congregation of Bodhisattvas: ‘Sons of good family, may all of you elucidate the gates into the dharma of transcending the path of the works of Māra’ [...] The Bodhisattva Ratnacitta said: ‘The Lord taught that vices are just like a reflection and an illusion. Knowing that the reflection and illusion are not changing nor not changing, not coming nor going, without inside nor outside, and remain in no location or dimension is not living with any vice. The vices do not arise due to the absence of thought-construction; the vices do not cease due to the absence of thought-construction. In this way, the Bodhisattva who is established in the absence of thought-construction and false imagination transcends the sphere of the Māra’”.

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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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