Terms of Intentionality in Early Prajñāpãramitā Texts (“Phenomenal Reality” (dmigs pa), “Abiding” (gnas pa) and “Practice” (spyod))

The paper focuses on the connection of some Prajñāpãramitā terms with the conception of intentionality as it is presented in modern phenomenology. Three terms: dmigs pa - “phenomenal reality”, gnas pa - “abiding” and spyod - “practice” are taken to demonstrate specific intentional context of Prajñāpãramitā teaching. The interpretation of these terms in the context of a whole teaching shows that the culmination of all Prajñāpãramitā phenomenology is the access to the state beyond intentional constructions and representations. The teaching itself is not a presentation of a new ontology but a “leveling” of the field of present awareness which is deformed by intentional references.