ABSTRACT

VII ThematterofthePrajfia-Piiramitaconsistsofdiscourses

bytheBuddha,mostlyaddressedtosuperhumanhearers andtoHischiefhumandisciples,deliveredontheVulture's Peakandelsewhere.Itrecognizesvariousgradationsof celestialBuddhasandBodhisattvas.Itsstyleisprofoundly metaphysicalandsymbolicallymystical,inkeepingwithits originalesotericism.ItschiefthemeisReality.