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Philosophy East and West +
Prasannapadā +
The luminous aspect of mind that is often contrasted with its empty aspect. It is often used figuratively to reference the cognizant, or knowing, aspect of mind and sometimes more literally as the natural luminosity of mind and luminous wisdom that is experienced in meditation. +
In a general sense, that which clears away darkness, though it often appears in Buddhist literature in reference to the mind or its nature. It is a particularly salient feature of Tantric literature, especially in regard to the advanced meditation techniques of the completion-stage yogas. +
One of the key terms for wisdom or knowledge, most often having the sense of insight, transcendent knowledge, or perhaps gnosis. In some contexts it can also refer to cognition or intellectual understanding. +
A class of Mahāyāna sūtras which represents some of the earliest known literature of this genre of Buddhism. There are around forty texts associated with this category, though the most widespread is the exceedingly brief ''Prajñāpāramitāhṛdayasūtra'', popularly known as the ''Heart Sūtra''. This class of literature is typically associated with the second turning of the dharma wheel and especially with the teachings on emptiness (''śūnyatā''). As such, these texts were the primary scriptural source for the philosophy of the Madhyamaka school. +
The potential for awakening that is inherently present in all beings. +
In the Buddhist literature on pramāṇa, it refers to cognition that correctly apprehends its object without any deception or mistake. Such correct cognition include direct perception and inferential cognition. +
A negation that merely denies the existence of something without implicitly suggesting an alternative. +
An antidote or remedy that contributes or supports the elimination or pacification of a particular ailment or affliction. +
Pratyekabuddhas are saints who, in their last birth in the cycle of existence, are said to become enlightened through solitary practice on the nature of dependent ordination. These saints are said to appear when there is no buddha around and work either alone or in small groups. +
The notion that all phenomena arise in dependence on causes and conditions. +
Pramāṇavārttikālaṃkāraṭīkā Supariśuddhā +
Pramāṇavārttikasvavṛtti +
The six or ten types of practices which lead an individual to Buddhahood. The practice of perfections is particularly important in Mahāyāna Buddhism in which the entire path of the Bodhisattva to reach full enlightenment is included in the six or ten perfections. The six perfections are that of giving, of discipline, patience, zeal, meditation, and wisdom. The perfection of skill-in-means, aspirations, power, and pristine wisdom are added to them to make ten perfections. +
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The state of being empty of self, which references the lack of inherent existence in relative phenomena. +
Royal Central Asiatic Journal +
Ratnagotravibhāga Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra +
Ratnagotravibhāgavyākhyā +
Nakamura's Tibetan Edition of the Ratnagotravibhāgavyākhyā +
