DDB: 三事 | three affairs

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三事

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Basic Meaning: three affairs

Senses:

(Skt. tri-vastu, trayāṇāṃ sthânānām; Tib. dngos po gsum) Three circumstances; three phenomena. Various sets are possible according to the text. Some include:

the three disciplines 三學: morality, concentration, wisdom.
the three poisons 三毒: Greed, anger, nescience.
the three treasures 三寳: Buddha, Dharma, Saṃgha.
the three constituents of living things: life energy 命氣, body heat 體溫, consciousness 識.
the three necessities: food, drink and clothing.
the three circles of pure donation 三輪淸淨
The three collections 三藏: sūtra, vinaya and abhidharma. 〔瑜伽論 T 1579.30.345a29〕
the three constituents of nirvana: the Dharma body 法身, wisdom 般若, and liberation 解脫. 〔涅槃宗要 T 1769.38.244b14〕

[Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Hirakawa, YBh-Ind]

In the Bodhisattva-bhūmi-śāstra, there is a categorization of the eight deluded conceptions into three groups:

false imputation of self-nature 自性妄想, differences 差別妄想, and generic clusters 攝受積聚妄想
false imputation of 'I' 我妄想 and 'mine' 我所妄想
false imputation of a thought 念妄想 a non-thought 不念妄想, and the difference between the two 倶相違妄想

〔菩薩地持經 T 1581.30.895b13–20〕 This is expressing basically the same point as that seen in the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra (see below). [Charles Muller]

In the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra, the 'three circumstances' are taught in connection with the eight kinds of deluded conceptualization 八種分別. The first three imputations, that of self-nature 自性分別, differences 差別分別, and generic compounds 若總執分別, are the grounds for the arising of the bases and objects of conceptualization 分別戲論所依緣. The bases and objects of conceptualization serve as the ground for the arising of the views of self, and pride 見我慢. The views of self and pride serve as a basis for the generation of greed, hatred and delusion 貪瞋癡. These three together serve as the basis for the appearance of all conditioned phenomena. 〔瑜伽論 1579.30.489c25–28〕 [Charles Muller]

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[Dictionary References]

Bulgyo sajeon 405a

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 395a

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 465b

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0022

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.9-10)1124a

Sanskrit-Tibetan Index for the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra (Yokoyama and Hirosawa)

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Entry created: 1993-09-01

Updated: 2016-06-01