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三佛土

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Basic Meaning: three buddha-lands

Senses:

  • The three kinds of buddha-lands correspond to the trikāya 三身, and are generally understood to be:
    1. land of Dharma nature 法性土; the land in which the dharma-kāya 法身 abides, which has neither form nor material limitations. It is synonymous with tathatā 眞如.
    2. land of enjoyment 受用土, of which there are two types. The first is the land in is that of reward body 報身, and the second is the land to which bodhisattvas of the ten stages 十地 have access.
    3. land of transformation 變化土, which the response body Buddha 應身 creates to give succor to unenlightened men. The various Pure Lands 淨土 are usually said to belong to this category, but there are exceptions.
    〔大乘法苑義林章 T 1861.45.374b6〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 249a/276

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 487a

    Fo Guang Dictionary 552

    Ding Fubao

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 658-1

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    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2008-01-13