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Explanation of the Prajnaparamita Sutra — Toh 3810
Context
This scripture belongs to the Prajnaparamita Sutra collection in the Mahayana Northern Tibetan tradition, recorded in the Tibetan Buddhist Canon under the number Toh 3810. The Prajnaparamita collection is one of the most central bodies of scripture in Mahayana Buddhism, focusing on transcendent wisdom (prajñā) — the wisdom that penetrates the unreal nature of all dharmas.
According to the Northern Tibetan tradition (Tibetan Buddhism), the Prajnaparamita collection is divided into three levels: the Prajnaparamita in Ten Thousand Dharma Verses (the short version), the Twenty-Thousand Dharma Verses (the middle version), and the Eighteen-Thousand Dharma Verses (the long version). This scripture belongs to the teaching system of the Gelug, Kagyu, Nyingma, and Sakya schools, all of which regard it as an essential practice on the bodhisattva path.
Main Content
Although the title of the scripture has not been fully disclosed, in the context of the Prajnaparamita collection its main content revolves around the teaching of prajnaparamita — pāramitā, “crossing to the other shore,” that is, transcendent wisdom regarded as the supreme means of liberation from the cycle of samsara.
Prajna is not theoretical learning or limited knowledge, but direct penetration of the emptiness (śūnyatā) of all phenomena. Emptiness does not mean nothingness or nonexistence; rather, it means that phenomena have no independent essence, no eternal self-nature. This wisdom is originally present in each sentient being, only obscured by ignorance (avidyā).
The sutra teaches that the bodhisattva who cultivates prajnaparamita does not cling to any dharma — does not cling to wujơng (the state of being) or to nonbeing (the state of absence). This mode of cultivation is also called “neither-idea-nor-non-idea,” going beyond all dualistic concepts. Through this, the bodhisattva develops the wisdom that removes all discrimination and every doubt, finally attaining the awakening of buddhahood.
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