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佛刹

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Basic Meaning: buddha field

Senses:

  • A land sustained by a buddhaʼs consciousness, where it is said to be relatively easy to obtain enlightenment (Skt. buddha-kṣetra). See also 佛土, 佛國. This term makes its appearance in Mahāyāna texts, where it is the spiritual realm acquired by one who reaches perfect enlightenment. The enlightened ones instruct all beings born there, preparing them for enlightenment. In the schools where Mahāyāna adopted an Ādi-Buddha, these realms or Buddha-fields interpenetrated each other, since they were coexistent with the universe. There are two classes of buddhakṣetra: (1) in the Vairocana schools, regarded as the regions of progress for the righteous after death; (2) in the Amitâbha schools, regarded as the Pure Land; v. McGovern, A Manual of Buddhist Philosophy, pp. 70–2. Buddhakṣetra is transliterated as 佛紇差怛羅. [Iain Sinclair]
  • A hall in a Buddhist temple. A place where Buddhist practice takes place. It was also used to distinguish temples of the doctrinally-oriented traditions 教宗 from Chan temples 禪刹. Syn. 佛塔, 佛閣, 佛龕, 僧刹, and 伽藍. [Erez Joskovich; source(s): ZGDJT]
  • Cf. Karashima (Lokakṣema Glossary): view / hide
      
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 926

    Bulgyo sajeon 338a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 1088b

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1195b

    Fo Guang Dictionary 2642

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0117

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)1442c,2699c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1559-3

    Lokakṣemaʼs Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā (Karashima) 166

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    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2020-08-30