Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra
by Gelongma Karma Migme Ch枚dr枚n | 2001 | 941,039 words
This page describes 鈥減rajna of the shravakas鈥� as written by Nagarjuna in his Maha-prajnaparamita-sastra (lit. 鈥渢he treatise on the great virtue of wisdom鈥�) in the 2nd century. This book, written in five volumes, represents an encyclopedia on Buddhism as well as a commentary on the Pancavimsatisahasrika Prajnaparamita.
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1. Praj帽膩 of the 艣r膩vakas
These 辫谤补箩帽腻蝉 are of three kinds according to whether they belong to the 艣补颈办峁 (the saint who is not an arhat), the a艣补颈办峁 (the saint who is an arhat) or someone who is neither 艣补颈办峁 nor a艣补颈办峁 (naiva艣补颈办峁n膩艣补颈办峁).[1]
1) The knowledges of those who are neither 艣补颈办峁 nor a艣补颈办峁 are, e.g., in the levels of unproductive wisdom, the meditation on the disgusting (补艣耻产丑补产丑腻惫补苍腻), attention to the breath (腻苍腻辫腻苍补蝉尘峁泃颈), the four foundations of mindfulness (蝉尘峁泃测耻辫补蝉丑迟丑腻苍补) of the world of desire (办腻尘补诲丑腻迟惫补惫补肠补谤补), and the [four 苍颈谤惫别诲丑补产丑腻驳墨测补蝉]: heat (耻峁补驳补迟补) summits (尘奴谤诲丑补苍), patience (办峁Ｄ乶迟颈) and the supreme worldly dharmas (濒补耻办颈办腻驳谤补诲丑补谤尘补).
2) The knowledges of the 艣补颈办峁 go from the 诲耻岣丑别 dharmaj帽膩na办峁Ｄ乶迟颈 up to the 辫谤补箩帽腻 of the diamond concentration (惫补箩谤辞辫补尘补蝉补尘腻诲丑颈) which the future arhat obtains during the ninth 腻苍补苍迟补谤测补尘腻谤驳补 [of the bhav膩gra].
3) The knowledges of the a艣补颈办峁 are the 辫谤补箩帽腻 that marks the ninth 惫颈尘耻办迟颈尘腻谤驳补 of the arhat and all the a艣补颈办峁 辫谤补箩帽腻蝉 that follow, e.g., the knowledge of cessation (办峁测补箩帽腻苍补), the knowledge of the non-production of defilements (补苍耻迟辫腻诲补箩帽腻苍补), etc.
These are the knowledges of the a艣补颈办峁, but it is the same for the 辫谤补箩帽腻s of those who seek the state of pratyekabuddhahood.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Here the Mpp艣 lists the various 辫谤补箩帽腻蝉 characterizing the Path of the 艣r膩vakas in its various phases.