Article: The Heart of the Prajna Paramita Sutra.(The Heart of the Prajna Paramita Sutra: Verses Without a Stand and Prose Commentary)(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Article: sunyata
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      498 words ... ... sunyata [Skt.,=emptiness], one of the main tenets of Mahayana Buddhism , first presented by the Perfection of Wisdom ( Prajna-paramita ) scriptures (1st cent. BC on) and later systematized by the Madhyamika school. Early Buddhist schools of Abhidharma ...

Article: Praying for peace; Theosophy adherents meditate in quest for ...
Naperville Sun, The (IL);  January 12, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... existence both transcended -- still the basic emptiness and silence abides, and that is blissful peace." -- from the Maha Prajna Paramita Hyidaya *** Kim McDuffee-Dotson, 27, spent most of the early morning helping supervise the New Year's Eve meditation ...

sunyata.
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.;  January 1, 2000 ;     537 words ... ... sunyata [Skt.,=emptiness], one of the main tenets of Mahayana Buddhism , first presented by the Perfection of Wisdom ( Prajna-paramita ) scriptures (1st cent. B.C. on) and later systematized by the Madhyamika school. Early Buddhist schools of Abhidharma ...

Zen Buddhism.
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.;  January 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... best known in the West by the term satori. In its formative period Zen was influenced by both Taoism and elements of Prajna-Paramita Buddhism (see sunyata ). The 8th and 9th cent. were the "golden age" of Zen, producing such great masters as Ma ...

Article: The Concept of Bodhicitta in Santideva's Bodhicaryavatara.(Book ...
Philosophy East and West;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... literature. These commentaries, especially the material devoted to the penultimate chapter on the perfection of wisdom (prajna-paramita), became sites of intense debate between the various Tibetan schools--each school defending an interpretation consistent ...

Sunyata.(Reference Source)
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.;  January 1, 1993 ;     691 words ... ... rid="5823"> Buddhism , first presented by the Perfection of Wisdom ( Prajna-paramita ) scriptures (1st cent. b.c. on) and later systematized ...

Article: Fruit of the Vine
Pittsburgh City Paper;  November 29, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... and death. The multimedia work layers dance, filmed images of nature and the body by Chatham College associate professor Prajna Paramita Parasher, and text written and spoken by LABCO's dancers derived from their personal experiences with birth and death ...