Put off, therefore, the vile, pravrittika
necessities of the body, and the no less vile affections of the mind
(Tapas); urge your thought into pure abstraction (Dhyana), and then, as
assuredly you can, so assuredly you shall, attain to the wisdom of a
Buddha (Bodhijnana), and become associated with the eternal unity and
rest of nirvritti.'"--The Phoenix, Vol. I., p. 194.
2. A specimen of "esoteric" and "exoteric" Buddhism;--the Buddha
Tatkagata.
"And as the wisdom of man is, in its origin, but an effluence of the
Supreme wisdom (_Prajna_) of nature, so is it perfected by a refluence
to its source, but without loss of individuality; whence Prajna is
feigned in the exoteric system to be both the mother and the wife of all
the Buddhas, '_janani sarva Buddkanam_,' and '_Jina-sundary_;' for the
efflux is typified by a birth, and the reflux by a marriage.
"The Buddha is the adept in the wisdom of Buddhism (_Bodhijnana_) whose
first duty, so long as he remains on earth, is to communicate his wisdom
to those who are willing to receive it. These willing learners are the
'Bodhisattwas,' so called from their hearts being inclined to the wisdom
of Buddhism, and 'Sanghas,' from their companionship with one another,
and with their Buddha or teacher, in the _Viharas_ or coenobitical
establishments.
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