Avavāda
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avavāda (P. ovāda; T. gdams ngag; C. jiaodaolun 教導論). In Sanskrit, “admonitions” or “instructions”.[1][2] Oral instructions that provide practical advice to a student.[1] These may include instructions given to a monk or nun, or instructions on how to put into practice a particular doctrine or teaching.[1]
The Princeton Dictionary states:
- The term carries the connotation of advice drawn from experience in contrast to learning derived from books, although a true practitioner is said to be someone who can see all of the sutras and śāstras as avavāda.[1]
The term is a near synonym for anuśāsanī. These two terms often appears in compound form as avavādānuśāsanī (“admonition and instruction”).[1][2]
Several kinds of avavāda are distinguished and defined in the Śrāvakabhūmi of the Yogācārabhūmi.[2]
Avavāda is one of the ten points that define the knowledge of all aspects, from among the seventy points of the Abhisamayalankara.
See also
- upadeśa (T. man ngag).
Notes
Sources
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University
External links
གདམས་ངག་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary