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五種唯識

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Basic Meaning: five aspects of consciousness-only

Senses:

  • In the Cheng weishi lun, five senses in which all phenomena are said to exist merely as consciousness:
    1. in terms of their own marks 自相, as the eight consciousnesses 八識 are the essence of consciousness.
    2. in terms of concomitance 相應, as the six categories of mental factors 六位心所 are the concomitance of consciousness.
    3. in terms of that which is transformed 所變, since the mind and mental factors are all transformed by the cognizing aspect 見分 and objective aspect 相分 of consciousness.
    4. in terms of derivation 分位, since the nonconcomitant factors 不相應法 are nominally established based on the their being derived from the mind, mental factors, and the form dharmas transformed by them.
    5. in terms of reality 實性, since they are the actual essence of the unconditioned dharmas 無爲法, mind, mental factors, form, and nonconcomitant dharmas. 〔成唯識論 T 1585.31.39c21〕
    Furthermore, when the principle of consciousness-only is explained based on the simple reason that all dharmas are indistinguishable from consciousness it is called the general interpretation of consciousness-only 總門唯識. When they are distinguished into five categories like this, it is called the specific aspect of consciousness-only 別門唯識. [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, FGD]
  • The five kinds of consciousness-only doctrine found in the sutras and śāstras as categorized by Kuiji 窺基. These are insight concerning:
    1. 境唯識 objective conditions;
    2. 教唯識 as explained in the scriptures;
    3. 理唯識 principles;
    4. 行唯識 meditation and practice;
    5. 果唯識 result of Buddhahood.
    The first four are objective, the fifth subjective. 〔宗鏡錄 T 2016.48.584c11〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, JEBD, Soothill]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 275

    Bulgyo sajeon 623a

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 89b/99

    Fo Guang Dictionary 1184

    Ding Fubao

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)1225a

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1764-2, 536-1

    (Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms 124

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    Entry created: 2001-12-09

    Updated: 2020-08-17