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Taking up then the weapon called Prajna, he neutralised the Pramohana weapon (that
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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In an interview with Agence France Presse, Thich Phap Kham, one of the founders of the Bath Nha community (aka Prajna Monastery), said that the monks “still carry out their religious activities and so far there has been no sign of a siege.”
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Thich Nhat Hanh is asking Buddhists of all persuasions to help in their urgent struggle to keep open Prajna Monastery (aka Bat Nha Monastery) in Bao Loc, Lam Dong Province, Vietnam.
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The description here of joined shamatha and vipashyana as being free of mental wavering from basis mahamudra conforms perfectly to the Prasangika-Madhyamaka view as expressed by Nagarjuna in Root Verses on Madhyamaka, Called "Discriminating Awareness" (rTsa-ba shes-rab, Skt. Prajna-nama-mulamadhyamaka-karika).
Commentary on An Aspiration Prayer for the Definitive Meaning of Mahamudra ��� 2 Eliminating Confusion about the Practice of the Path Beru Khyentse Rinpoche 2006
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The Dharma masters sit crosslegged upon their lion-thrones pouring forth rivers of eloquence to huge crowds, expounding means of chiselling a way through the Mysterious Pass, or of opening the marvellous Gates of Prajna by which the voidness of giver, receiver and alms is revealed.
More from Pai Chang... Mumon 2005
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Students of the mahayana present offerings to the Prajna-paramita,21 to
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Embraced in turn by a (blue, six-armed) Prajna-paramita, a Lady with Far-Reaching Discriminating Awareness, and a (blue, six-armed) Vajrasattva, a Spiritual Hero with a Diamond-Strong Mind, they are emanated forth.
Abbreviated Nine-Deity Kalachakra Sadhana Pan-chen dPal-ldan ye-shes 1985
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Embraced in turn by a (blue, six-armed) Prajna-paramita, a Lady with Far-Reaching Discriminating Awareness, and a (blue, six-armed) Vajrasattva, a Spiritual Hero with a Diamond-Strong Mind, they are emanated forth.
Abbreviated Nine-Deity Kalachakra Sadhana Pan-chen dPal-ldan ye-shes 1985
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The words Prajna, Jnana, and Vidya are all as used here, equivalent.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Godhead -- you become identified with Prajna, the sum of all the power and all the wisdom which sustain and govern the world, and which, as they are manifested out of matter, must belong solely to matter; not indeed in the gross and palpable state of pravritti, but in the archetypal and pure state of nirvritti.
The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji William Elliot Griffis 1885
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