Vesarajjanana, Vesārajjañāṇa, Vesarajja-nana: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Manual of Buddhist Terms and DoctrinesVesārajjañāṇa or simply Vesārajja (“self-confidence”) of a Buddha is fourfold. He is confident:
- to have attained to a perfect Enlightenment of which it cannot be said that it omits anything essential to it;
- to have destroyed all cankers (āsava), leaving none that can be said to be undestroyed by him;
- that what were declared by him as obstacles to liberation are undeniably such;
- that his teaching fulfils its purpose of actually leading to final liberation from suffering.
(See A.IV.8; VII.58; M.12.)
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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The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
The Four Kinds of Perfect Self-confidence (Vesārajja-ñāṇa) < [Chapter 42 - The Dhamma Ratanā]
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Part 14 - Making the Joyful, Solemn Utterance (Udāna) < [Chapter 7 - The Attainment of Buddhahood]