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五道

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: five paths

Senses:

  • The five destinies of: hell-being 地獄, hungry ghost 餓鬼, animal 畜生, human being 人間 and god 天上. Also written 五趣 (Skt. gati-pañcaka). When the category of asura 阿修羅 is added to the five destinies, there are then six destinies 六道. [Charles Muller; source(s): Yokoi]
  • Five paths taught in Yogâcāra texts that constitute five stages in the removal of affliction and the attainment of enlightenment (also commonly written as 五位; see that entry for a more detailed explanation.). These are: the path of preparation 資糧道, the path of skillful means 方便道, the path of seeing 見道, the path of cultivation 修道 and the culminating path 究竟道. 〔對法論 T 1606.31.734b23–29〕 [Charles Muller]
  • (Skt. pañca-mārga; pañca-jagati; Tib. lam lnga; 'gro ba rigs lnga) [Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa, YBh-Ind]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 282

    Bulgyo sajeon 606a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 354c

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 80

    Record of Linji: Rinzairoku (Yanagida) 93-3

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 161

    Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga) 10-P55

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 373b

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0089

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)1206b,2906b

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 549-2

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2009-08-04