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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Upādānaskandha (उपादानस्कन्ध) refers to the “five aggregates of attachment”, according to  the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 28.—Accordingly, “[...] In the Mahāyāna, the Bodhisattvas with vast mind convert beings in many ways: this is why their notion of impermanence is both impure and pure. If it is pure, it occurs in nine levels; if it is impure, it occurs in eleven levels. It has as object the five aggregates of attachment (upādānaskandha) of the threefold world. It is associated with four dominant organs, except that of unpleasantness. [...]”.

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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 sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

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Partial matches: Upadana, Skandha.

Full-text: Satkayadrishti, Vijnana, Samskara, Upadana, Samjna.

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Mahayana Buddhism and Early Advaita Vedanta (Study) (by Asokan N.)

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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)

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