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		Prajnaparamita, the goddess depicted in the center of this ca.
		Prajnaparamita is identified in this painting by the small delicate linear gold painted rendering of a book resting on the lotus in her left hand.
		One of the most popular versions is the Astasahashrikaprajnaparamita Sutra, or the "8,000 Line Prajnaparamita Sutra," held in high esteem by all Mahayana traditions.4 Totaling 18, the versions range only in length, not in subject matter, which remains consistently devoted to the description and explanation of the concept of perfect wisdom.
	kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu /exhib/sama/Essays/NM96.015Praj.html (1112 words)

	Hear Sutra - Prologue by Grand Master T'an Hsu
		The terms used are in Sanskrit: Prajna means wisdom, and Prajnaparamita stands for wisdom acquired experientially, by means of intuitive insight, and perfected through cultivation to the level of transcendental knowledge; it is the original wisdom of the mind, or the True Mind.
		Prajnaparamita or the Wonderful Wisdom, coursing like a boat, transports all sentient beings across the sea of defilement to the other shore that is Nirvana.
		Prajnaparamita is, therefore, the Essential Wisdom and the center of all kinds of prajna.
	www.buddhanet.net /e-learning/hartpro.htm (2876 words)

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		Prajnaparamita symbolizes transcendent wisdom because she embodies the Dharma (teachings), doctrine and virtues of the sutras to their highest level.
		“Prajnaparamita is the paradigmatic enlightened goddess in Buddhism.
		Prajnaparamita's mantra is called the mantra of “highest knowledge,” “supreme mantra,” “the mantra of great insight,” “the unsurpassed mantra,” and the “unequaled mantra.” It is said to be the mantra of truth as there is no deception and to ease or remove all suffering.
	www.sacredwind.com /Mothers/Prajnaparamita.htm (2954 words)

	The Heart Sutra - An Introduction
		When the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara was coursing in the deep Prajnaparamita, he perceived that all five skandhas are empty, thereby transcending all sufferings.
		Therefore, know that Prajnaparamita is the great mantra of power, the great mantra of wisdom, the supreme mantra, the unequalled mantra, which is able to remove all sufferings.
		Prajnaparamita - meaning the 'insight that takes us to the other shore' is also a name for transcendental wisdom.
	www.westernchanfellowship.org /108.html (3169 words)

	Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra
		At that time the Blessed One entered the samadhi that expresses the dharma called "profound illumination," and at the same time noble Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva mahasattva, while practicing the profound prajnaparamita, saw in this way: he saw the five skandhas to be empty of nature.
		All the buddhas of the three times, by means of prajnaparamita, fully awaken to unsurpassable, true, complete enlightenment.
		Therefore, the great mantra of prajnaparamita, the mantra of great insight, the unsurpassed mantra, the unequaled mantra, the mantra that calms all suffering, should be known as truth, since there is no deception.
	www.empty-universe.com /prajnaparamita/heartsutra.htm (434 words)

	catalog etry for the Vajracchedika Prajnaparamita book
		The Vajracchedika Prajnaparamita is onevolume of the prajnaparamita sutras, which are the primary scripturesfor MahayanaBuddhism.
		She is oftenreferred to as the “mother of all buddhas and boddhisattvas”because it is believed that following the teachings named for her leadsto becoming a boddhisattva, (a being of wisdom), and to attainingbuddhahood.
		In part of the scripture, it is writtenthat if one man should give as much in charity as there are grains of sandin the Ganges, and another man should learn even a four-line stanza ofthis particular text, the merit of the latter man shall far surpass themerit of the first.
	www.ackland.org /art/exhibitions/buddhistart/students/calshook (1150 words)

	Emptiness
		The perfection of Prajnaparamita is infinite because it recognizes that all processes are inherently infinite and, therefore, ungraspable and unthinkable.
		Though the unwavering principle of Prajnaparamita, Tathagatas know all possible positive and negative assertions precisely as they are, for Buddha mind realizes the transparent processes and structures of personal and communal awareness to be simply suchness, or pure presence.
		It is considered a distillation of the essence of the Prajnaparamita Sutras, and it belongs to that same tradition.
	www.sunyaprajna.com /Buddhism/Emptiness.html (11333 words)

	9th Sakyadhita International Conference on Buddhist Women Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2006
		But the perfection of insight (prajnaparamita), associated with the mother, is the same for all four schools, which are likened to four sons.
		Prajnaparamita, the perfection of insight or wisdom, is considered the mother of all Buddhas and bodhisattvas.
		But the Prajnaparamita that is personified as a goddess in tantric iconography is the same Prajnaparamita that is mentioned in various non-tantric Mahayana scriptures.
	www.sakyadhita.org /9th/abstracts/loseries.html (199 words)

	Prajnaparamita
		In his chapter "Spiritual Lineage of the Prajnaparamita" the author elaborates on some famous masters, like Lama Tsong Khapa (1357-1419) who "reinterpreted and revitalized the Perfect Wisdom so masterfully, that he came to be regarded as a living incarnation of the Bodhisattva Manjushri.** Two things has to be mentioned here.
		I suspected Prajnaparamita to be one of those many female Enlightened beings, in itself perfectly okay, but on miles distance from what I understand to be the "Mother of all Buddhas".
		The clue is, that the Prajnaparamita Sutra defines the "Womb" as the realm from which Buddhas emerge.
	members.tripod.com /thegreatlearning/PRAJNAPARAMITA-SUTRA.htm (2079 words)

	Readers' Writes - article 2 - An Interview with Prajnaparamita
		Prajnaparamita: There is still a sense of ‘I’, I who has such striking insights and has received such wonderful revelations.
		Prajnaparamita: When I was very young I didn’t know exactly what, but I knew that I would be in service of humanity.
		Prajnaparamita: Yes, this sense of total autonomy and the arising of authority that I mentioned before; an authority that arises ‘there’ where every trace of self-consciousness is dissolved.
	www.kindredspirit.co.uk /readers-writes/RR-pages/article-2.html (2743 words)

	Prajnaparamita on Marcel Nies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Prajnaparamita is one of the most important female bodhisattvas in Mahayana Buddhism.
		As an actual creator of the universe she attained the state of enlightenment and dedicated herself to guiding all mankind to the true path of Buddha that leads to nirvana.
		This fine bronze figure of Prajnaparamita is a masterpiece of Khmer bronze casting.
	www.asianart.com /nies/12.html (394 words)

	Perfection of Wisdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tantric versions of the Prajnaparamita; literature were produced from 500 on.
		Mother of the Buddhas: Meditation on the Prajnaparamita Sutra ISBN 0-8356-0689-9
		The Prajnaparamita Literature Bibliography of the Prajnaparamita Literature
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prajnaparamita (1029 words)

	Phayul Message Forums - www.phayul.com
		Lama Zopa Rinpoche has said that one of the main causes to create merit in order for the Maitreya Statue to be built is for the Prajnaparamita to be written in pure gold.
		Due to the incredible merit of writing the Prajnaparamita in pure gold, Rinpoche has started writing with more and more gold so that the letters are almost embossed.
		Then there is the cost of the paper, printing the borders and then the cost for the two additional versions of the Prajnaparamita being written in pure silver and pure gold on rainbow paper.
	www.phayul.com /forums/showPost.aspx?postID=109097 (443 words)

	A teaching on Heart Sutra
		I think it is interesting that prajnaparamita is personified as a woman in iconography: the mother of all the buddhas.
		I'd like to tell you how to practice the prajnaparamita because this all sutra is about it, and the "form is emptiness, emptiness is form," and so on, give you a hint about pulling out the rug, pulling out the rug.
		Abiding in the prajnaparamita means actually reaching the fearless state, which is called "enlightenment." It's a synonym for enlightenment, the fearless state-- where you actually don't need security anymore, you don't need confirmation, you don't need predictability.
	www.purifymind.com /TeachingHeart.htm (5241 words)

	Dharma Fellowship: Library - On The Origins Of Transcendental Wisdom: The Prajna-Paramita Literature
		Herein, for the purpose of exegetic study, is presented the root treatise on Holy Transcendental Wisdom (arya prajna-paramita), consisting of XLI Stanzas extracted from the Ratna-gunasamucaya-gatha (Rgs) and representing the earliest known text on this subject.
		Thus Prajnaparamita should be translated not "Perfection of Wisdom" but rather "Transcendental Wisdom", with the explicit understanding that this Wisdom is the nondual Gnosis of the Absolute.
		Second, the historical evolution of the basic texts: We also use the term Prajnaparamita to mean the actual collection of treatises or Sutras which contain the teaching of the practice of Prajnaparamita.
	www.dharmafellowship.org /library/essays/prajnaparamita.htm (2332 words)

	Mahayana idea of emptiness
		Amusingly enough, the important and seminal Buddhist tradition of Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) or 'transcendental wisdom', which gave us the Prajnaparamita Sutras, would say that nothing exists (or that nothing exists inherently), and this is the true meaning of emptiness.
		The Prajnaparamita literature includes such well known texts as the brief Heart Sutra, recited everyday in Buddhist temples around the world, the pamphlet-sized Diamond Sutra, and the Prajnaparamita Sutras in 8,000, 18,000, 25,000, or even 100,000 lines (as well as other lengths).
		In fact, the authors of the Prajnaparamita literature were also aware of this pitfall and constantly warn against a nihilistic interpretation.
	www.purifymind.com /MahayanaEmptiness.htm (11404 words)

	Writing of the Prajnaparamita & Sanghata Sutra
		Due to the incredible importance of this work the Maitreya Project is also organizing a whole team of monks to also write the 100,000 verses of the Prajnaparamita at Sera Jhe Monastery in South India (see www.maitreyaproject.org).
		The remaining cost for the writing of the Prajnaparamita is $80,000 (this is primarily for the gold and paper) an additional $10,000 is required to complete the Sanghata Sutra.
		The Writing of the Prajnaparamita and Sanghata Sutra is a project of FPMT Inc. All donations made to the fund are tax-deductible within the United States in accordance with IRS Code article 501(C)(3).
	www.fpmt.org /projects/praj/default.asp (481 words)

	Chapter Sixteen
		But before we look at the texts themselves, it may be useful to examine the meaning of the term prajnaparamita and the history of the Perfection of Wisdom discourses.
		In paramita, therefore, we have a word that indicates 'going beyond the limit.' Thus the whole term prajnaparamita ought to be understood to mean 'penetrative wisdom or insight gone beyond the limit.' If we remember this, we will avoid the danger of thinking of the perfection of wisdom as something static or fixed.
		It is generally agreed that each of these is either an expansion or an abridgment of a fundamental text of the Perfection of Wisdom discourses, presented in different versions and lengths to suit the tastes of different readers.
	www.angelfire.com /realm/bodhisattva/ch16.html (2106 words)

	Arya Tara as an emanation of Prajnaparamita (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Prajnaparamita Sutras are the essence of perfect wisdom and the Goddess Prajnaparamita, as the physical embodiment of perfect wisdom, is the source of highest enlightenment for all the Buddhas.
		Tara is perhaps the greatest and certainly the most accessible of the emanations of Prajnaparamita and is likewise known as the Mother of all the Buddhas.
		Mother of the Buddhas: Meditation on the Prajnaparamita Sutra.
	jeffsutherland.org /tara/mother.html (436 words)

	russbo.com Discussion Forum Archive: Prajnaparamita Hrdaya Sutra
		When the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara was coursing (VERY IMPORTANT WORD!) in the deep Prajnaparamita, he saw that the five skandhas were empty; thus he overcame all ills and suffering.
		The Buddhas in the past, present, and future, also by relying on the Prajnaparamita (in whatever it's form, whatever you decide to call it) have attained Supreme Enlightenment.
		Therefore, the Prajnaparamita is the great magic spell, is the great spell of illumination, is the supreme spell, is the unequalled spell, which can truly protect one from all suffering without fail." Therefore he uttered the spell of Prajnaparamita, saying:
	www.russbo.com /discus/messages/62/64.html?974753142 (325 words)

	Heart Sutra Buddhist Practice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It is the wisdom that realizes directly phenomena as they are: a wisdom free from extremes, having gone to, or in the process of going to, the "other shore", beyond all abiding in any particular position.
		The Sanskrit term Prajnaparamita is translated many ways: for example, "supreme transcendent wisdom", "the great emptiness", "the true nature of all phenomena", or "the absolute truth".
		The Heart Sutra was among the first of the Prajnaparamita teachings to be translated from the Sanskrit.
	www.pbdc.net /heart_sutra.html (214 words)

	The Heart Sutra - A Commentary
		These both have their roots back in the Prajnaparamita sutra from which the Heart Sutra and Diamond Sutra are the brilliant crystallisations.
		But the Prajnaparamita Sutras were written several hundred years after the death of the Buddha and are re-inventions.
		Scholars who have studied the text carefully suggest that it was assembled from the huge Prajnaparamita literature during a transitional period in the history of Buddhism when a fresh emphasis was gradually extending the ideas of the original view.
	www.westernchanfellowship.org /109.html (6429 words)

	Boundless Way Zen (Boston, MA): Dharma Talk: Stealing Our Delusions
		This introduction is intended to orient you to the general themes of the Prajnaparamita and particularly the Diamond Sutra.
		As I said the Diamond Sutra is a core text of the Prajnaparamita cycle, the path of the perfection of wisdom.
		The Prajnaparamita literature, the core expression of the Mahayana, is essentially apophatic.
	www.boundlesswayzen.org /teishos/diamondteisho.html (2349 words)

	E-sangha, Buddhist Forum and Buddhism Forum -> Prajnaparamita-hridaya-sutra
		All buddhas that abide in the three times and have uncomparably grounded in the perfection of the transcendental wisdom, are passessing the samyak-bodhi.
		Tasmaj jnatavyam: prajnaparamita maha-mantro maha-vidya-mantro'nuttara-mantro samasama-mantrah, sarva-duhkha-prasamanah, satyam amithyatvat.
		That's why one should know the great mantra of prajnaparamita, the great unparalleled mantra of the great Science, the uncomparable mantra dispelling all suffering, the unfutile truth.
	www.lioncity.net /buddhism/index.php?showtopic=328 (2337 words)

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