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Gambhiradharma, Ҳī󲹰, Gambhira-dharma: 2 definitions

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In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Gambhiradharma in Mahayana glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Ҳī󲹰 (गम्भीरधर्�) refers to the “the profound dharmas� according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter X. Accordingly, the Bodhisattvas have crossed over to the other shore of the patience relating to the profound dharmas. What are the profound dharmas (ī󲹰)?

1) The twelve causes and conditions (屹岹ś-ٳܱٲⲹⲹ) are called ī󲹰.

2) Also, we call ī󲹰 the breaking of the thread () of the sixty-two wrong views (ṛṣṭiٲ) relating to the past (īٲ) and the future (岵ٲ).

3) The three gates of deliverance (ǰṣaܰ) are also called (ī󲹰) as the Buddha said in the Prajñāpāramitā.

4) The explanation of the nature of all dharmas is also called ī󲹰: the true (satya) nature, indestructible (ṣaⲹ) and immutable (ṣoⲹ, acala).

5) Finally, we also call ī󲹰 the exclusion of inner conceptual knowledge and the fixing of the concentrated mind on the pure true nature of all dharmas.

: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Ҳī󲹰 (गम्भीरधर्�) refers to the “profound (guiding principle of the) dharma�, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “How then, son of good family, does the Bodhisattva enter into the profound guiding principle of the dharma (ī󲹰-nayapraveśa) which is difficult for disciples and isolated Buddhas to understand? What is called ‘profound�, son of good family, is the dependent origination. [...]

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many ūٰ of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā ūٰ.

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