perfection of wisdom (prajñāpāramitā)

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Perfection of wisdom (prajñāpāramitā) is a central Mahayana Buddhist teaching that expounds the profound insight into emptiness (śūnyatā) and the true nature of reality, forming the philosophical foundation of many key Mahayana sutras.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist doctrine ⓘ
Mahayana Buddhist teaching ⓘ
philosophical concept ⓘ
spiritual perfection ⓘ
aimsAt Bodhi ⓘ
surface form: Buddhahood

direct realization of emptiness ⓘ
non-conceptual wisdom ⓘ
associatedWith bodhisattva path ⓘ
prajñā (wisdom) ⓘ
śūnyatā ⓘ
centralConceptOf Mahayana ⓘ
surface form: Mahayana Buddhist philosophy

Prajñāpāramitā sūtras ⓘ
surface form: Prajñāpāramitā sutras
concerns non-self of persons ⓘ
non-self of phenomena ⓘ
true nature of reality ⓘ
cultivatedThrough hearing, reflection, and meditation on emptiness ⓘ
meditative insight ⓘ
describedAs perfection that transcends ordinary wisdom ⓘ
emphasizes dependent origination ⓘ
lack of inherent existence ⓘ
non-duality ⓘ
transcendence of conceptual elaborations ⓘ
expounds Shunya (void) ⓘ
surface form: emptiness (śūnyatā)
formsFoundationOf Diamond Sutra ⓘ
Heart Sutra ⓘ
Prajñāpāramitā sūtras ⓘ
surface form: Large Prajñāpāramitā Sutra

Madhyamaka ⓘ
surface form: Madhyamaka philosophy

Prajñāpāramitā sūtras ⓘ
surface form: Small Prajñāpāramitā Sutra

key Mahayana sutras ⓘ
goalIn Mahayana path to enlightenment ⓘ
hasLanguageOfOrigin Sanskrit ⓘ
hasTranslation perfection of wisdom (prajñāpāramitā) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Perfection of Wisdom

perfection of wisdom (prajñāpāramitā) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: prajñāpāramitā
influenced Chinese Buddhism ⓘ
surface form: Chinese Mahayana Buddhism

Japanese Buddhism ⓘ
Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
isOneOf six perfections ⓘ
partOf Mahayana ⓘ
surface form: Mahayana Buddhism
practicedBy bodhisattvas ⓘ
relatedConcept middle way (madhyamā pratipad) ⓘ
Two Truths doctrine ⓘ
surface form: two truths doctrine
relatedTo six perfections (pāramitās) ⓘ
scripturallyAttestedIn Prajñāpāramitā sūtras ⓘ
surface form: Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (8,000-line)

Prajñāpāramitā sūtras ⓘ
surface form: Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (25,000-line)

Prajñāpāramitā literature ⓘ
Heart Sutra ⓘ
surface form: Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya Sūtra (Heart Sutra)

Diamond Sutra ⓘ
surface form: Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (Diamond Sutra)

Prajñāpāramitā sūtras ⓘ
surface form: Śatasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (100,000-line)

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Heart Sutra → coreDoctrine → perfection of wisdom (prajñāpāramitā) ⓘ
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