Satvasukha, Satva-sukha: 1 definition

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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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

Satvasukha (सत्वसुख) refers to the “happiness of (all) living beings”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as Bodhisattva Puṇyālaṃkāra addressed himself to the Lord: “O Lord, the Bodhisattvas, who do not strive for upholding the true dharma, will be beset by the Māra. If, O Lord, there are Bodhisattvas who [have planted] all other roots of good without upholding the true dharma, their merits would be merely as a mustard seed (sarṣapa). The roots of good stemming from upholding the true dharma are established in the conception of a self, which is exactly the same as the sphere of open space in ten directions. In order to seek for the happiness of all living beings (sarva-satvasukha), O Lord, I will give up my body and soul, and, without desiring any happiness for me, will put on the armour for the sake of upholding the true dharma”.

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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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