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功勳五位

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Basic Meaning: five stages of practice and their merit

Senses:

  • The lesser-known of the two types of five stages taught by Chan master Dongshan Liangjie 洞山良价 (807–869). Both are found listed under the rubric of 洞山五位. This one explains Chan applications of effort in five stages, as follows:
    1. 向 The beginning period. The practitioner, as a beginner, seeks awareness and realization of his possession of the Buddha-nature.
    2. 奉 The period of deep practice. The practitioner deeply and sincerely practices meditation to find the sublime enlightenment and a subtle realization of their own nature.
    3. 功 Period of enlightenment. The practitioner escapes from the duality of opposites within saṃsāra after intensive practice. She also completely trusts in her Buddha nature without any doubts.
    4. 共功 Mutual effectiveness. A period of integration period (between their intellect and behavior) when body and mind are united.
    5. 功功 The stage/period of no-hindrance; the final stage is to free even from their attainment of enlightenment without any attachment and return to the regular society and teach others
    〔瑜伽論 T 1579.30.584c14〕 Similarities can be seen between these five stages and the five stages taught in Yogâcāra or those taught in the Vajrasamādhi-sūtra; see 五位. 〔撫州曹山元證禪師語錄 T 1987.彌沙塞部和醯五分律.532a27〕 [Ockbae Chun]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 387a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 307d

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 407

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)3866a

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 387a

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    Entry created: 2007-01-06

    Updated: 2018-04-02