[Buddha-l] on not-dwelling mind

[Dan Lusthaus]

Mitchell,

Monier-Williams:
apratiṣṭhita  unlimited BhP. Jain.
apratiṣṭhāna  having no solid ground

So it's not just a Buddhist term, but employed by Jains as well. Basic 
sense: non-attached, not getting stuck; absence of reification.

Important basic term in Mahayana texts, but also abhidharma. A crucial term 
in Asanga's Yogacara as well. Occurs as well in Vimalakirti, I believe. 
Involves an important stage in Buddhist practice.

On the Diamond Sutra version, see
http://www.buddhism-dict.net/cgi-bin/xpr-ddb.pl?71.xml+id%28%27b7121-4f4f%27%29
(type "guest" as ID, leave pswd blank)

In the Lotus Sutra
http://www.buddhism-dict.net/cgi-bin/xpr-ddb.pl?71.xml+id%28%27b7121-91cf-7fa9-8655-4e09-6627%27%29
and
http://www.buddhism-dict.net/cgi-bin/xpr-ddb.pl?71.xml+id%28%27b7121-91cf-980c%27%29
(type "guest"...)

John Makransky's Buddhahood Embodied offers some discussion of it as well.

Dan