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五門禪

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Basic Meaning: five approaches to meditation

Senses:

  • Five objects of meditation. In the Vimalakīrti-nirdeśa-sūtra the five are impermanence 無常, suffering 苦, emptiness 空, no-self 無我, and extinction 寂滅. 〔維摩經 T 475.14.546c29〕 [Charles Muller, Nobuyoshi Yamabe; source(s): Ui, Nakamura, Soothill, JEBD]
  • In Hīnayāna meditation schema, five of the seven methods, said to be equivalent to 五停心觀, but in some sources the item 念佛 replaces 界分別觀. 〔五門禪經要用法 T 619.15.325c11〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Nakamura, Soothill, JEBD]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 287

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 360c

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 85a/94

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 376d

    Fo Guang Dictionary 1117

    Ding Fubao

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)1258c,1440c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 574-3

    (Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms 129

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    Entry created: 2001-12-17

    Updated: 2015-02-26