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Prajñāpāramitā (Sanskrit: प्रज्ञापारमिता) means "the Perfection of Wisdom" or "Transcendental Knowledge" in Mahāyāna. Prajñāpāramitā refers to a perfected way of seeing the nature of reality, as well as to a particular body of Mahāyāna scriptures (sūtras) which discusses this wisdom.
Prajñāpāramitā may also refer to the female deity Prajñāpāramitā Devi, a personification of the perfection wisdom also known as the "Great Mother" (Tibetan: Yum Chenmo) who was widely depicted in South Asian Buddhist art.
The word Prajñāpāramitā combines the Sanskrit words prajñā "wisdom" (or "knowledge") with pāramitā "perfection" or "transcendent". Prajñāpāramitā is a central concept in Mahāyāna Buddhism and is generally associated with ideas such as emptiness (śūnyatā), 'lack of svabhāva' (essence), the illusory (māyā) nature of things, how all phenomena are characterized by "non-arising" (anutpāda, i.e. unborn) and the madhyamaka thought of Nāgārjuna. Its practice and understanding are taken to be indispensable elements of the Bodhisattva path.
According to Edward Conze, the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras are "a collection of about forty texts ... composed somewhere on the Indian subcontinent between approximately 100 BC and AD 600." Some Prajnāpāramitā sūtras are thought to be among the earliest Mahāyāna sūtras.
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Paying Respect to the Great Teacher Dragons, Transmission, true dharma, Dogen, Perfect Wisdom |
Nov 06 2010 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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The Definitive Instructions on the Deeds of the Enlightened, Part ITenshin Reb Anderson Manjushri, Dharmakaya, Nirmanakaya, Perfect Wisdom |
Oct 16 2010 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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Hokyo Zammai Class Five Ranks, Perfect Wisdom, Precious Mirror, Doubt, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra,... |
Jul 22 2010 6 |
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Training for the Selfless Heart Perfect Wisdom, Intimacy, Letting Go, Posture, Attachment |
Mar 11 2010 The Yoga Room |
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Continuous Compassion for Karmic Consciousness Karmic Consciousness, true dharma, Perfect Wisdom, Buddha Nature, Hindrances... |
Feb 06 2010 Morning No Abode Hermitage |
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The Koan of a Bodhisattva Precepts, Vimalakirti, Perfect Wisdom, confusion, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Attachment,... |
Oct 03 2009 |
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Loving All Being and Resistance resistance, Perfect Wisdom, Attachment, Building, Suzuki Roshi |
Mar 14 2009 No Abode Hermitage |
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Entering and Embodying Truth Soto Zen, soto, Japan, Bodhisattva Precepts, Perfect Wisdom |
Jul 29 2008 The Yoga Room |
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Yunyan Sweeps the Ground Hate, Bodhisattva Way, Perfect Wisdom, Breath, resistance |
Jul 26 2008 Afternoon No Abode Hermitage |
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Embodying the Lotus Sutra Lotus Sutra, zen meditation, true dharma, Perfect Wisdom, Bodhisattva Vow |
Mar 06 2008 The Yoga Room |
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Wholeheartedness Perfect Wisdom, American, Commitment, Posture, Interdependence |
Sep 09 2007 Green Gulch Farm |
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November 6th, 2004, Serial No. 01288 Aspects of Practice, Heart Sutra, Perfect Wisdom, Transmission, Priest, Teacher-and-... |
Nov 06 2004 |
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September 18th, 2004, Serial No. 01247 Heart Sutra, Liberation, Perfect Wisdom, Buddha Nature, Attachment, Culture, Daily... |
Sep 18 2004 |
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Suzuki-rôshi Almost DrowningSerial: BZ-00175 From "Not Always So", Rohatsu Day 5 Suzuki Roshi, Attachment, Happiness, Teacher-and-Student, Perfect Wisdom, Bell,... |
Dec 06 2002 Berkeley Zen Center |
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October 18th, 2001, Serial No. 00474, Side A Heart Sutra, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Chanting, Hindrances, Aspects of... |
Oct 18 2001 |
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2000.04.30-serial.00008 Precepts, Perfect Wisdom, Liberation, Patience |
Apr 30 2000 |
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Blue Cliff Record ClassSerial: SF-00068 67th Case: Mahasattva Fu Expounds the Scripture; single-point samadhi. Concentration, Repentance, Blue Cliff Record, Bodhidharma, Interview, Manjushri,... |
Apr 22 1999 |
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April 1st, 1999, Serial No. 00863 Lotus Sutra, Buddha Nature, Perfect Wisdom, Demons, Nirvana, Subject-and-Object, Evil... |
Apr 01 1999 |
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April 25th, 1998, Serial No. 00347, Side B Precepts, Evil, Practice Period, Bodhisattva Vow, Attachment, Diversity, Lineage,... |
Apr 25 1998 |
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Avoiding Idle TalkSerial: BZ-00346A Saturday Lecture Right Speech, Discrimination, Silence, Eight Aspects, Nirvana, Perfect Wisdom,... |
Nov 22 1997 Berkeley Zen Center |
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May 8th, 1997, Serial No. 01455 Precepts, Buddha Nature, Perfect Wisdom, Sangha, Buddha Mind, Birth-and-Death,... |
May 08 1997 |
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May 8th, 1997, Serial No. 00672 Precepts, Buddha Nature, Buddha Mind, Sangha, Perfect Wisdom, Evil, Mahayana, Birth-... |
May 08 1997 |
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Meal ChantSerial: BZ-00810A Saturday Lecture Chanting, Nirvana, Perfect Wisdom, Lotus Sutra, Offering, Buddha Nature, Precepts,... |
Feb 18 1996 Berkeley Zen Center |
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March 11th, 1995, Serial No. 00912, Side B Mindfulness, Four Foundations, Bodhidharma, Perfect Wisdom, Practice Period, Mahayana... |
Mar 11 1995 |
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April 21st, 1994, Serial No. 00232 Intimacy, Perfect Wisdom, Impermanence, Nirvana, Don't Know Mind, Chanting,... |
Apr 21 1994 |
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April 14th, 1994, Serial No. 00231 American, Bodhidharma, Blue Cliff Record, Interdependence, Happiness, Mahayana,... |
Apr 14 1994 |
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April 7th, 1994, Serial No. 00230 Perfect Wisdom, Six Realms, Evil, Nirvana, Constancy, Right Effort, Lotus Sutra,... |
Apr 07 1994 |
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March 31st, 1994, Serial No. 00229 Perfect Wisdom, Dragons, Nirvana, Heart Sutra, Vimalakirti, Precepts, Anger, Right... |
Mar 31 1994 |
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March 24th, 1994, Serial No. 00228 Perfect Wisdom, Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Birth-and-Death, Lotus Sutra,... |
Mar 24 1994 |
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March 5th, 1994, Serial No. 00965, Side A Family Practice, Posture, Precepts, Perfect Wisdom, Daily Life, Sangha, Anger,... |
Mar 05 1994 |
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May 17th, 1993, Serial No. 00666, Side A Perfect Wisdom, Buddha Nature, Heart Sutra, Buddha Mind, Subject-and-Object,... |
May 17 1993 |
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November 14th, 1992, Serial No. 01484 Precepts, Buddha Ancestors, Transmission, Silent Illumination, Buddha Nature, Current... |
Nov 14 1992 |