Digital Dictionary of Buddhism

DDB Top Page 
 
 
  XML source

二門

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: two approaches

Senses:

  • Two methods, two schools, etc. For example, the approaches of concentration 定門 and wisdom 慧門; lesser vehicle 小乘 and greater vehicle 大乘; the teaching of existence 有教 and the teaching of emptiness 空教; the absolute truth 眞諦 and conventional truth 俗諦; the two meditative practices of calming the mind 止 and observing the real nature of things 觀 (Skt. dvi-mukha, dvi-mukhin, ubhayathā). [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Soothill, Hirakawa]
  • See also 一心二門. [Charles Muller]
  • Search SAT
  • Search INBUDS Database

    • Feedback

    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 821

    Bulgyo sajeon 711a

    Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga) 9-P183

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1050d

    Fo Guang Dictionary 204

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0084

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1343-2

    Copyright provisions

    The rights to textual segments (nodes) of the DDB are owned by the author indicated in the brackets next to each segment. For rights regarding the compilation as a whole, please contact Charles Muller. Please do not reproduce without permission. And please do not copy into Wikipedia without proper citation!

    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2010-02-05