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凡夫禪

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: meditation by ordinary beings

Senses:

  • Meditation carried out by unenlightened people that contains the aim of secular happiness; that is practiced without pure religious motivation, as, for example, for the improvement of mental or bodily health. One of the five kinds of meditation distinguished by Zongmi in his Chan Preface. See 五種禪  〔禪源諸詮集都序 T 2015.48.399b14〕 [Ockbae Chun]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 1168a

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 86

    Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga) 9-P25

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1269b

    Fo Guang Dictionary 731

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)1301c,2943a

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    Entry created: 2007-01-14

    Updated: 2007-09-17