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不二

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: not-two

Senses:

  • Or nonduality (Skt. advaita). The unity of all things, the one reality, the universal Buddha-nature. There are numerous combinations, e.g., 善惡不二 good and evil are not a dualism: nor are existence 有 and emptiness 空, nor are delusion 迷 and enlightenment 悟. [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill, JEBD]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 1096a

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 707

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 64b/71

    Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga) 16-P27

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1171b

    Fo Guang Dictionary 960

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0033

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)4913b

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1540-1

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

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 1096a

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    Entry created: 1997-09-15

    Updated: 2009-06-28