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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Ends with: True Suchness.
Full-text (+85): Tathata, Parinamanatathata, Atmatathata, Dharmatathata, Bodhitathata, Satvatathata, Sarvadharmatathata, Danatathata, Shilatathata, Rupatathata, Prajnatathata, Kayatathata, Anupashyana, Kayanupashyana, Avitathata, Tathabhava, Vijnanatathata, Karttri, Skandhatathata, Smrityupasthanatathata.
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Search found 34 books and stories containing Suchness; (plurals include: Suchnesses). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
The Perfection Of Wisdom In Eight Thousand Lines
Verses on the Perfection of Wisdom
The Great Chariot (by Longchenpa)
Part 1 - Passing the pass into the nature as limitless as space < [F. Passing the pass]
Part 2c.1 - The great perfection beyond accepting and rejecting < [B. The teaching of the three factors of immovable samadhis]
A. Having resolved the view, we should meditate < [Chapter XI - Meditation, the Chapter of Spotless dhyana]
Buddha-nature (as Depicted in the Lankavatara-sutra) (by Nguyen Dac Sy)
3. Later period < [Chapter 2 - The Buddha-Nature in the Tathāgatagarbha Literature]
1. Early period (d): The Ratnagotravibhāgaśāstra < [Chapter 2 - The Buddha-Nature in the Tathāgatagarbha Literature]
2. Middle period (a): The Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra < [Chapter 2 - The Buddha-Nature in the Tathāgatagarbha Literature]
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]
Vimalakīrti Sutra (by John R. McRae)
Chapter IV - Bodhisattvas < [Fascicle One]
Chapter XII - Vision of Akṣobhya Buddha < [Fascicle Three]