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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Sthānadvaya (स्थानद्वय) refers to the “twofold domain”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 41).—Accordingly, “[The eighteen āveṇika-dharmas (‘special attributes’)]— [...] (6). The Buddha has no unconsidered equanimity.—He has no unconsidered equanimity.—[...] [Question].—But what is equanimity (upekṣā) here? Is it the absence of suffering and happiness which is upekṣā, or is it a matter of the upekṣā that is one of the seven factors of enlightenment (saṃbodhyaṅga), or again is it the upekṣā that is one of the four immeasurables (apramāṇacitta)? [Answer].—The absence of suffering and of happiness constitutes the twofold domain (sthānadvaya) of upekṣā and the abandoning [of this domain] is also called upekṣā. How is that? [...]”.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Dvaya, Sthana.

Full-text: Apramanacitta.

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