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三障

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: three hindrances

Senses:

  • The threefold obstruction.
    1. the hindrances of affliction 煩惱障 (kleśâvaraṇa) denoting such afflictions as covetousness, anger, nescience, etc.;
    2. the hindrances from past actions 業障 (karmâvaraṇa); and
    3. the hindrances of painful retribution 異熟障 (報障) (vipākâvaraṇa), in being reborn in this world of pain. (Skt. āvaraṇa-traya, trayo'ntarāyāḥ, trīṇyāvaraṇāni; Tib. sgrib pa gsum po dag) 〔倶舍論〕
    Also see 三障四魔. [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Nakamura,Yokoi, Hirakawa, YBh-Ind, JEBD,Iwanami]
  • The views of self 身見, attachment to moral discipline 戒取, and doubt 疑. 〔倶舍論〕 三誉二才 [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura]
  • The three mental disturbances 三惑, especially utilized in Tiantai texts. [Charles Muller; source(s): JEBD]
  • The three hindrances also refer to the three evils, viz. arrogance, envy, and covetousness. [Charles Muller]
  • Three levels of afflictive hindrances 心煩惱障。 〔沙石集〕 (1) external hindrances 皮煩惱障—the basic afflictions of desire, ill-will, and folly, that arise in contact with external objects 六塵; (2) medial hindrances 肉煩惱障;—hindrances that occur in the three realms due to discrimination-based views 見惑; (3) internal hindrances 心煩惱障,—basic nescience 根本無明. [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura]
  • 三重障 the three weighty obstructions that prevent understanding of the three mysteries 三密: (1) self-importance, 我慢 (我慢重障), (2) envy, 嫉妬 (嫉妬重障), and desire 貪欲 (貪欲重障). [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 363

    Bulgyo sajeon 417a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 400a

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 320

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 309

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 259a/286

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 588

    Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga) 5-P143

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 475d

    Fo Guang Dictionary 667

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0027

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 623-1*764-2

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

    (Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms 80

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    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2016-10-13