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世第一法

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Basic Meaning: highest mundane state

Senses:

  • In Abhidharma Buddhism, the fourth rank of the four wholesome roots 四善根. The last of the stages that contain contamination 有漏. Occurring at the end of the stage of application of practice 加行位, the practitioner subsequently enters the path of seeing 見道, which is characterized by uncontaminated cognition 無漏智. 〔倶舍論, T 1558.29.119c16〕 . In Yogâcāra this maps to the first bhūmi 初地, whereupon one enters the path of seeing (Skt. laukikā agra-dharmāḥ, laukikâgra-dharma, agra-dharma; Tib. 'jig rten pa'i chos kyi mchog; 'jig rten pa'i chos kyi mchog rnams). 〔瑜伽論 T 1579.30.444c25〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Nakamura, YBh-Ind, Hirakawa]
  • The Cheng weishi lun defines the highest mundane state as the highest state achievable by an ordinary person 異生 (pṛthagjana). According to the account in the Cheng weishi lun, while in the highest levels of patience 上忍 one gains cognition of the emptiness of the grasper 能取, the highest mundane state is the state during which one gains cognition of the emptiness of both grasper and grasped 所取. 〔成唯識論T 1585.31.49b19〕 [Billy Brewster]
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    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 620

    Bulgyo sajeon 472a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 659d

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 819d

    Fo Guang Dictionary 1522

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0069

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)855c,1863a,1890c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 722-1-5*1029-2

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

    (Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms 164

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    Entry created: 1997-09-15

    Updated: 2018-12-21