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  • O Shariputra, a son or daughter of noble family who wishes to practice the profound prajnaparamita should see in this way: seeing the five skandhas to be empty of nature.

    Hegel on Buddhism 2007

  • Shariputra, since the bodhisattvas have no attainment, they abide by means of prajnaparamita.

    Hegel on Buddhism 2007

  • Shariputra and noble Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva mahasattva, that whole assembly and the world with its gods, humans, asuras [jealous gods], and gandharvas

    Hegel on Buddhism 2007

  • Thus, Shariputra, the bodhisattva mahasattva should train in the profound prajnaparamita.

    Hegel on Buddhism 2007

  • Shariputra said to noble Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva mahasattva, "How should a son or daughter of noble family train, who wishes to practice the profound prajnaparamita?"

    Hegel on Buddhism 2007

  • Shariputra soon asked Buddha to formulate rules for a code of monastic discipline.

    The Life of Shakyamuni Buddha 2007

  • Then, through the might of the Buddha, the venerable Shariputra addressed these words to the bodhisattva great-minded mahasattva, the Arya Avalokiteshvara: "How does any spiritual child with the (Buddha) family traits need to train, who wishes to conduct his or her behavior in profound and far-reaching discriminating awareness?"

    The Heart Sutra: The Heart of Far-Reaching Discriminating Awareness, the Vanquishing Lady Surpassing All 2004

  • It's like that, Shariputra, with all phenomena - voidness: no defining characteristics, no arising, no stopping, no being stained, no being parted from stain, no being deficient, no being additional.

    The Heart Sutra: The Heart of Far-Reaching Discriminating Awareness, the Vanquishing Lady Surpassing All 2004

  • Before passing away, Buddha himself deputed his arhat disciple Shariputra to continue “turning the wheel of Dharma.”

    Introductory Comparison of Hinayana and Mahayana 2002

  • It is a chaitya based on the ancient Indian work of Shariputra's stupa found at Nalanda University, and also incorporates Nepalese architecture, which is then beautified by Tibetan artworks, Rinpoche said.

    CNET News.com 2011

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