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pratisthita-nirvana

pratiṣṭhita-nirvāṇa

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pratiṣṭhita-nirvāṇa (Skt.). Literally ‘localized nirvāṇa’, or that form of nirvāṇa, according to the Mahāyāna, in which a Buddha or other liberated being remains utterly separated or isolated from the world. Such an individual was identified with the post-mortem form of nirvāṇa known as nirupadhiśeṣa-nirvāṇa. According to the Mahāyāna this was the inferior goal advocated by the Hīnayāna, in contrast to the Mahāyāna ideal of ‘unlocalized nirvāṇa’ (apratiṣṭhita-nirvāṇa).
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Pratiṣṭhita-nirvāna

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Pratiṣṭhita-nirvāna. In Mahāyāna Buddhism, the attainment of final nirvāna, with no remaining connection with the world of appearance. A bodhisattva postpones this attainment to help others (pranidhāna), though in fact, since all is of the same nature, empty of self (śūnyatā), he is in the condition of nirvāna while helping still in the domain of appearance (saṃsāra). Thus although the concept seems the equivalent of the Theravāda nirupadhiśeṣa-nirvāna, the two are radically different.
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