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一行三昧

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: one-practice absorption

Senses:

  • A samādhi of perfect unity of body and mind in all activities (Skt. ekavyūha-samādhi; Tib. bkod pa gcig pa'i ting nge 'dzin). Also written 眞如三昧, and 一相三昧. A samādhi for realizing that the nature of all buddhas is the same. Also one of the five types of meditation 五種禪 identified by Zongmi in his Chan Preface 禪源諸詮集都序. 〔大乘起信論 T 1666.32.582b3〕

    References:

    Faure, Bernard. 1986. “The Concept of One-Practice Samādhi (i-hsing san-mei) in Early Ch'an.”  In Traditions of Meditation in Chinese Buddhism. Honolulu:  University of Hawai`i Press. 99–128.

    [Charles Muller, Billy Brewster; source(s): YBh-Ind, Hirakawa,Yokoi]
  • In the Wu fangbian nianfo men 五方便念佛門 (T 1962) attributed to Zhiyi 智顗 (538–597), yixing sanmei is one of five methods of buddha-recollection, and reciting the name of Amitâbha Buddha aloud is a central part of the practice. See T 1962.47.82c9–12. [Charles Jones; source(s): T1962]
  • de samādhi de la pratique unique [Paul Swanson]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bulgyo sajeon 746a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 29c

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 123

    Teihon zenrin kushō (Shibayama) 29

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 249

    Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga) 5-P57, 6-P98, 9-P25, 9-P146, 14-P238, 19-P214

    Fo Guang Dictionary 44

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0014

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)130a,1663b,1834a

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 59-1

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    Entry created: 1997-09-15

    Updated: 2018-11-09