Samyaksankalpa, Samyaksamkalpa, Samyak-samkalpa, Samyaksaṃkalpa, Samyaksaṅkalpa, Samyak-sankalpa: 6 definitions

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In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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

Samyaksaṃkalpa (सम्यक्संकल्प, “right thought”) refers to the second of the Āryāṣṭāṅgamārga, or “eight members of the noble path”, according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter XXXI. Accordingly, “the second member, right thought (samyaksaṃkalpa), is, at the time of contemplating the four truths, associated with a pure mind: it is a reflection (tarka), an enquiry (vitarka), an understanding (avabodha), an examination (mīmāṃsa)”.

Right thought (samyaksaṃkalpa) according to Mahāyāna: “in the course of right thinking, the Bodhisattva who is established in the emptiness (śunya) and non-existence of dharmas examines the characteristics of right thought (samyaksaṃkalpa-lakṣaṇa). He knows that all thoughts (saṃkalpa) are false conceptions (mithyā-saṃkalpa), up to and including those concerning nirvāṇa and the Buddha. Why? The cessation of all kinds of conceptions is called right thought”

Accordingly to chapter 36, “right intention (samyaksaṃkalpa) deals with encouraging right view”.

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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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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara Samadhi

1) Samyaksaṃkalpa (सम्यक्संकल्प) or “right intention” is associated with Cakravartiṇī and Vairocana, according to the Cakrasaṃvara-maṇḍala or Saṃvaramaṇḍala of Abhayākaragupta’s Niṣpannayogāvalī, p. 45 and n. 145; (Cf. Cakrasaṃvaratantra, Gray, David B., 2007).—The Cakrasaṃvara mandala has a total of sixty-two deities. [...] Three concentric circles going outward, the body, speech and mind wheels (kāya-vāka-citta), in the order: mind (blue), speech (red), and body (white), with eight Ḍākinīs each in non-dual union with their Ḍākas, "male consorts".

Associated elements of Cakravartiṇī and Vairocana:

Circle: kāyacakra (body-wheel) (white);
Ḍākinī (female consort): Cakravartiṇī;
Ḍāka (male consort): Vairocana;
Bīja: maṃ;
Body-part: toes;
Pīṭha: Maru;
Bodily constituent: kheṭa (saliva);
Bodhipakṣa (wings of enlightenment): samyaksaṃkalpa (right intention).

2) Samyaksaṃkalpa (सम्यक्संकल्प) or “right intention” refers to one of the eight limbs of the Āryāṣṭāṅgamārga ("The Eightfold Path"), which itself refers to Mārga or “path which leads to the end of suffering” (i.e., one of the “four noble truths”)

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

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General definition (in Buddhism)

[«previous next»] — Samyaksankalpa in Buddhism glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha

Samyaksaṅkalpa (सम्यक्सङ्कल्प, “right thought”) refers to the second of the “noble eightfold path” (āryāṣṭāṅgamārga) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 50), itself forming part of the “thirty-seven things on the side of awakening” (bodhipākṣika-dharma). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., samyak-saṅkalpa). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Samyaksankalpa in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Samyaksaṃkalpa (सम्यक्संकल्प).—[masculine] right purpose.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Samyaksaṃkalpa (सम्यक्संकल्प):—[=samyak-saṃkalpa] [from samyak > samy-añc] m. (with, [Buddhist literature]) r° resolve.

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Samyaksankalpa in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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