Dharmabhajana, Dharmabhājana, Dharma-bhajana: 1 definition
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Dharmabhajana means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraDharmabhājana (धर्मभाजन) refers to “(those who are) firm adepts of the (holy) Dharma”, according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 1.—Accordingly: [...] If the Bodhisattva were able to walk and talk as soon as he was born, people would say: “This man that we see is extraordinary, he must be a god, a nāga or a demon. [...]”. Victims of their own modesty, these people cannot become firm adepts of the holy Dharma (ārya-dharmabhājana). It is for them that the Buddha is born in the Lumbinīvana.—Although he might have gone directly to the tree of enlightenment and become Buddha there, he pretended by skillful means to act as a child, as an adolescent, as a young man and as a grown man. [...]
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 sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
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