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一心三觀

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Basic Meaning: three insights in one thought

Senses:

  • The three viewpoints in a single thought. A type of Tiantai 天台 meditation in which one views a phenomenon from three viewpoints within the same instant: (1) empty 空; being produced by various causes, it is in its essence devoid of any permanent existence and is therefore empty. (2) provisional 假; nevertheless, it does have a real, if only provisional, immediate existence. (3) the mean 中; since the phenomenon is a blending of both empty and provisional, it should be seen as occupying midway position between both poles. For the Tiantai follower, these three views are performed simultaneously within the same instant of thought, and hence are termed 'the integrated three views 圓融三觀' or 'the three views without sequence 不次第三觀.' Emptiness, nominal designation, and the mean indicate, respectively, the three aspects of phenomenon: its basic dependence upon conditions of causation, its temporary existence and its real nature. These three aspects cannot be independent of each other. This doctrine occupies a central position in the Tiantai school and is regarded as the ultimate teaching of the Buddha. Also written as 一心三智 and 不可思議三觀. 〔摩訶止觀 T 1911.46.55b19〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): JEBD]
  • de contemplation de la vacuité et de la conditionnalité dans la même pensée [Paul Swanson]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 47

    Bulgyo sajeon 740a

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 39

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 133a/145

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 267

    Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga) 6-P167

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 63a

    Fo Guang Dictionary 23

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)143b,1488b, (v.9-10)739a

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 70-3*625-2-7

    Soothill 006

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    Entry created: 2003-02-08

    Updated: 2007-05-02