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Essay name: Dasabhumika Sutra (translation and study)

Author: Hwa Seon Yoon
Affiliation: Savitribai Phule Pune University / Department of Pali

This is a study and translation of the Dasabhumika Sutra (“Ten Stages Discourse�)—a significant Buddhist text. It examines the distinction between Theravada (Hinayana) and Mahayana Buddhism, focusing on the divergence in the spiritual concepts of Arhatship, Bodhisattva, Paramitas and Bhumis.

Chapter 3 - Study: Paramitas or Perfections

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External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)


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vāditavisūkadassana), 8 avoiding the use of unguents, ointments, and
ornaments, etc.
(岵Ի󲹱貹ԲԲṇḍԲܲԲṭṭ),
� abstaining from sleeping in high, big beds (uccāsayanamahāsayanā),
and ①abstinence from accepting gold, silver
gold, silver
etc. (jātarūparajata-
paṭiggahaṇ�). Under Aṭṭhangikaśīla (which are observed by the lay
disciples usually now on full-moon days), the 7th and 8th precept of the
above ten are contracted into one as the 7th; the 9th becomes the 8th.
The Sāmaññaphala-Sutta of the Digha-nikāya
the Digha-nikāya
speaks of a
categorization of Sila into Culla Sila, Majjhima Sila and Mahāsīla, and
all these are referred to as Silakkhandha and are grouped along
Samādhikkhandha and Paññākkhandha.
Besides the Dasasikkhāpadas, there is also a set of Dasa-Sīlas.
Its constituents are:- �-� the four precepts (excluding the 5th) and C⑤D
abstinence from slander (pisuṇāvācā), 6 harsh speech (pharusāvācā), �
idle talk (samphappalāpa), � covetousness (abhijjā),
� covetousness (abhijjā),
� malevolence
(vyāpāda), and � wrong views (micchādiṭṭhi).
Besides these, many other categories of Sila are referred to in the
Canon. The most well known among them is Catu-Pārisuddha-Sīla
constituting of Pātimokkhasamvara-Sila (restraint with regard to the
monks'
of
the
(restraint
disciplinary rules), Indriyasamvara-Sila
senses), Ājīvapārisuddh- Sīla (purity with regard to one's livelihood), and
Paccayasannissita-Sila (morality with regard to five requisites).

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