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五十二位

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Basic Meaning: fifty-two stages

Senses:

  • The fifty-two stages in the path of the bodhisattva according to some texts derived from the Tathāgatagarbha tradition (Yogâcāra has forty-one, since it does not include the ten stages of faith or virtual enlightenment). These are broken down in the groups of the ten stages of faith 十信, ten abodes 十住, ten practices 十行, ten dedications of merit 十迴向, ten grounds 十地, virtual enlightenment 等覺 (also known as 無垢地), and marvelous enlightenment 妙覺. Generally speaking, the stages starting from the first stage of the ten grounds are called the holy stages 聖位, while those below this are called worldling stages 凡位. These are further distinguished into 'outer worldlings'  外凡位 (in the ten stages of faith), and 'inner worldlings'  內凡位—those in the three worthy levels 三賢位. In terms of the explication of what exactly occurs within each of these stages, Mahāyāna texts differ. Some of the works that are better-known for their teaching of these stages are the Huayan jing 華嚴經, Sutra for Humane Kings 仁王經, and Yingluo jing 瓔珞經. [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, JEBD, Iwanami]
  • les 52 degrés. les dix degrés de la foi, les dix stations, les dix pratiques, les dix déflexions, les dix terres, l'Eveil égal, l'Eveil sublime [Paul Swanson]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 277

    Bulgyo sajeon 614a

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 272

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 82a/90

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 367a

    Fo Guang Dictionary 1044

    Ding Fubao

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)1214a,964b,2299b, (v.9-10)314b

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 540-1

    (Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms 115

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    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2011-01-17