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Sixfold-path 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.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraThere are also sixfold paths:
1) path of the damned (nārakamārga), path of the animals (tiryaṅmārga), path of the pretas, path of humans (manuṣyamārga), path of the gods (devamārga) and path of the arhats;
2) paths of abandonment of the six objects (ṣaḍviṣayaparityāga);
3) paths of the six comities (sārāyaṇīya);
4) paths of the six superknowledges (abhijñā);
5) paths of the six kinds of arhats;
6) paths of development of the six stages (bhūmi);
7) paths of the six meditative stabilizations (samādhi);
8) paths of the six perfections (pāramitā), each of them including six paths in turn.
There are innumerable sixfold paths of this kind.
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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Partial matches: Path.
Full-text: Upalabdhi, Yogopalabdhi, Duti, Duticakra, Avesha, Parakasha.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
I. Knowledge of the paths < [VI. Acquiring the knowledges of the paths and the aspects of the paths]
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 11 - Description of the Brahman Vāmadeva < [Section 6 - Kailāsa-saṃhitā]
Chapter 3 - The Naimiṣa episode < [Section 7.1 - Vāyavīya-saṃhitā (1)]
Serpent Power (Kundalini-shakti), Introduction (by Arthur Avalon)