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    Threefold Training in Buddhism, and is one of the ten pāramīs of Theravāda Buddhism and one of the six Mahāyāna pāramitās. Prajñā is often translated as...
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  • Look up prajna or प्रज्ञा in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Prajna or Prajñā may refer to: Prajñā (Hinduism), a Hindu concept Prajñā (Buddhism), a Buddhist...
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    development within the canon, reflecting a growing emphasis in earliest Buddhism on prajña, instead of the liberating practice of dhyana; it may also reflect...
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  • meditation. Prajñā (Sanskrit) or paññā (Pāli) is wisdom, or knowledge of the true nature of existence. Another term which is associated with prajñā and sometimes...
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  • still later by anatta, the emptiness of the self. In Mahayana Buddhism, bodhi is equal to prajna, insight into the Buddha-nature, sunyata and tathatā. This...
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  • are prajñā ('intelligence') and kapata ('deceit') and that kratu of the compound-word Sukratu in mantra I.20.8 implies either karma (act) or prajñā ('knowledge')...
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  • Jataka tales (Chinese: 大乘本生心地觀經) Prajñā reportedly befriended the Japanese monk Kūkai, future founder of Shingon Buddhism, during his pilgrimage to China...
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    called prajñās, or vidyas): Ākāśadhātvīśvarī ("The Sovereign Lady of the Sphere of Infinite Space"), the prajñā of Vairocana Locanā, the prajñā of Akṣobhya...
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  • Neoplatonism and Gnosticism Noema Noetic consciousness Noetics Prajñā (Buddhism) Prajna (Hinduism) Satori Valentinus Ramelli, Ilaria L. E. (2018). "Gnosis/Knowledge"...
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    these practices for the development of the body-mind. In later Buddhism, insight (prajñā) became the central soteriological instrument, leading to a different...
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