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了因佛性

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Basic Meaning: revealing cause of buddha-nature

Senses:

  • The wisdom that illuminates the thusness, or tathāgata, within. The second of the three Buddha-nature 'causes,'  三因佛性. 〔摩訶止觀 T 1911.46.126c15〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill, JEBD]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 1107

    Bulgyo sajeon 635a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 1280b

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 243b/270

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 558

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1423d

    Fo Guang Dictionary 164

    Ding Fubao

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)1643b

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 630-1-12*1810-3

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    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2009-08-05