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五行

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Basic Meaning: five practices

Senses:

  • The five practices of the bodhisattvas taught in the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra 涅槃經:
    1. the three disciplines 聖行;
    2. compassionate deeds on behalf of sentient beings 梵行;
    3. spontaneous acts on behalf of others 天行;
    4. manifest good suitable for secular people and lesser vehicle practitioners 嬰兒行;
    5. appearing in a suitable manifestation for those in need of help 病行. 〔涅槃經 T 374.12.472a7〕
    (Skt. pañca-vyavacāra). [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, JEBD, Hirakawa]
  • In the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra, five kinds of temperament, or behavior (carita), that are to be overcome:
    1. greedy temperament [rāga-carita] 貪行
    2. hateful temperament [doṣa-carita, dveṣa-carita] 瞋行
    3. dull temperament [moha-carita] 癡行
    4. self-satisfied temperament [māna-carita] 慢行
    5. discursive temperament [vitarka-carita] 尋思行
    [Charles Muller]
  • In the Awakening of Faith 起信論 and other Mahāyāna texts, the first five of the six perfections: giving 布施, morality 持戒, patience 忍辱, effort 精進, and meditation 止觀. [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill]
  • The five elements, or tanmātra—wood, fire, earth, metal, and water; or earth, water, fire, air, and ether (or space) as taught by the later Mahāyāna philosophy; See 五大 . [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill]
  • The five phases of early Chinese cosmology: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, and water 水. First seen in the 'Great Plan'  洪範 chapter of the Book of History 書經. [Charles Muller]
  • The five constants 五常 of Confucian teaching: altruism 仁, justice 義, propriety 禮, wisdom 知, and trust 信. 〔荀子･非十二子 〕 , [Charles Muller]
  • A reference to the five aggregates 五蘊. [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 268, 268

    Bulgyo sajeon 627a

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 263

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 79b/88

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 357d

    Fo Guang Dictionary 1085

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0088

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)1129a

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 514-2

    (Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms 126

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    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2010-06-05