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五菩提

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: five kinds of enlightenment

Senses:

  • The five bodhi, or stages of enlightenment:
    1. 發心菩提 resolve on supreme bodhi;
    2. 伏心菩提 mind control, i. e. of the afflictions and observance of the pāramitā;
    3. 明心菩提 mental enlightenment, study, and increase in knowledge and in the prajñāpāramitā;
    4. 出到菩提 mental expansion, freedom from the limitations of reincarnation and attainment of complete knowledge;
    5. 無上菩提 attainment of an unafflicted condition and of supreme perfect enlightenment.
    Also written 五種菩提. 〔華嚴經探玄記 T 1733.35.412c10〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 286

    Fo Guang Dictionary 1164

    Ding Fubao

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 569-1

    (Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms 126

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    Entry created: 2001-12-11

    Updated: 2008-04-21