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五位無心

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: five instances of no-mind

Senses:

  • According to Yogâcāra, the five cases where the sixth consciousness (manovijñāna) 意識 is nonexistent:
    1. deep sleep 極重睡眠 (acittaka);
    2. death in extreme agony 極重悶絕 (mūrcchā);
    3. thought-free meditation 無想定 (asaṃjñi-samāpatti);
    4. birth in the no-thought heaven 無想天 (āsaṃjñika);
    5. illusion-ending meditation 滅盡定 (nirodha-samāpatti). 〔成唯識論 T 1585.31.38a26〕
    [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Nakamura, JEBD]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 265

    Bulgyo sajeon 616a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 302b

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 81a/89

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 354d

    Fo Guang Dictionary 1090

    Ding Fubao

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)1017a

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1705-2, 579-2

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    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2020-04-21