Suchness: 1 definition
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Suchness 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
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrinestathatā.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
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Partial matches: Suchness, Te.
Full-text (+87): Tathata, Parinamanatathata, Danatathata, Bodhitathata, Satvatathata, Atmatathata, Sarvadharmatathata, Dharmatathata, Shilatathata, Rupatathata, Prajnatathata, Kayatathata, Anupashyana, Kayanupashyana, Vijnanatathata, Skandhatathata, Smrityupasthanatathata, Svabhavanutpatti, Trinakashtha, Kartri.
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Verses on the Perfection of Wisdom
The Perfection Of Wisdom In Eight Thousand Lines
Hevajra Tantra (analytical study) (by Seung Ho Nam)
1.3. (iv) The Undifferentiated Suchness < [Chapter 3 - Tantric Doctrine in Hevajra Tantra]
1.2. Wisdom (prajna) and Means (upaya) < [Chapter 3 - Tantric Doctrine in Hevajra Tantra]
2.1. Preliminary Stage of the Path < [Chapter 3 - Tantric Doctrine in Hevajra Tantra]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
II. Penetrating the mind of the Buddhas < [Part 7 - Seeing, hearing and understanding all the Buddhas of the present]
Third comparison or upamāna: The moon reflected in water (udakacandra) < [Bodhisattva quality 19: the ten upamānas]
V. Body with marks and body without marks < [Part 3 - Possessing a body endowed with the marks]
Buddha-nature (as Depicted in the Lankavatara-sutra) (by Nguyen Dac Sy)
2. Middle period (a): The Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra < [Chapter 2 - The Buddha-Nature in the Tathāgatagarbha Literature]
3. Later period < [Chapter 2 - The Buddha-Nature in the Tathāgatagarbha Literature]
3.3. Cleansing the Twofold Group of Passions < [Chapter 4 - The Thought of Buddha-Nature in the Laṅkāvatārasūtra]
The Great Chariot (by Longchenpa)
Part 5 - Praise of the freedoms and favors, the support of all the vehicles < [C. The nature of the environment and inhabitants of the phenomenal world]
Part 4a.1 - Meditation on the protection circles < [B. The explanation of meditation practice]
D. The dedication of merit < [Chapter XIII - The Fruition, the Great Self-existence]