Rinayika, Ṛṇāyika: 1 definition
Introduction:
Rinayika 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 Ṛṇāyika can be transliterated into English as Rnayika or Rinayika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraṚṇāyika (ऋणायिक) refers to a “creditor”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 39).—Accordingly, “[The knowledge of the retribution of actions (karmavipāka-jñānabala)].—[...] Actions are dominant: there is no one among gods or men who is able to change the nature of actions. For thousands of years, myriads, hundreds of thousands of existences, action always follows its perpetrator without release, like a creditor (ṛṇāyika) pursuing his debtor. When the action meets the combination of causes and conditions, it produces its fruit of retribution, like a seed planted in the soil, encountering the complex of causes and conditions and the right time, germinates anew. [...]”.
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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Ends with: Parinayika.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
II. The knowledge of the retribution of actions (karmavipāka-jñānabala) < [Part 2 - The ten powers in particular]