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五諦

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: five truths

Senses:

    1. 因諦 the cause, which is described as the truth of arising 集諦 among the four noble truths;
    2. 果諦 the effect as the truth of suffering 苦諦;
    3. 智諦 or 能知諦 diagnosis as the truth of the way 道諦;
    4. 境諦 or 所知諦 the end or cure as the truth of cessation 滅諦; to these add
    5. 勝諦 or 至諦, the supreme truth, i. e. thusness 眞如.
    See 四諦 (Skt. pañca-vidhaṃ satyam; Tib. bden pa rnam pa lnga). [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill, YBh-Ind]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Fo Guang Dictionary 1205

    Ding Fubao

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)1237b, (v.9-10)571b

    Sanskrit-Tibetan Index for the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra (Yokoyama and Hirosawa)

    (Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms 127

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    Entry created: 2001-12-14

    Updated: 2007-08-03