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修習止觀坐禪法要

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: Essentials of Practicing Śamatha and Vipaśyanā Meditation

Senses:

  • Xiuxi zhiguan zuochan fayao, 1 fasc.; T 1915. A popular known meditation manual by Zhiyi 智顗 (538–597), composed around 575–585; often referred to by the short title of 小止觀. Sekiguchi Shindai has provided a reconstruction based on the extensive comparison of early manuscripts that is thought to be more representative of the original text. This text is entitled Brief Clarification of the Essentials of Śamatha and Vipaśyanā̄ Meditation for Beginners to Open their Blind Eyes (Lüe ming kaimeng chuxue zuochan zhiguan yaomen 略明開矇初學坐禪止觀要門).

    References:

    Sekiguchi Shindai. 1954. Tendai shōshikan no kenkyū 天台小止觀の研究 (Study of the Tiantai Xiao zhiguan). Tokyo:  Sankibō busshorin..

    Swanson, Paul. 2007. “Ch'an and Chih-kuan: T'ien-t'ai Chih-iʼs View of 'Zen' and the Practice of the Lotus Sutra.” Tiantai xuebao 天台學報  Special issue : 143–164.

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    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 484

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 505a

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 302a/335

    Fo Guang Dictionary 4046

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) ⑤80d

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)2467b, (v.9-10)6a13

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 826-3

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    Entry created: 2010-04-14

    Updated: 2023-06-24