Tirthikajnana, Tīrthikajñāna, Tirthika-jnana: 1 definition
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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraTīrthikajñāna (तीर्थिकज्ञान) refers to “heretical knowledge”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 19).—Accordingly, “The Buddha is also called Lou kia pai (lokavid). Loka means world and Vid means to know. The expression thus means ‘Knower of the world’. [Question.—How does he know the world?]—[...] Furthermore, his knowledge of the world is not like conventional knowledge (saṃvṛtijñāna) or like heretical knowledge (tīrthikajñāna); he knows that the world is suffering (duḥkha) because it is transitory (anitya), and non-substantial (anātmaka) because it is suffering. [...]”.
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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