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十勝行

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Basic Meaning: ten pāramitās

Senses:

  • The ten perfections 十波羅蜜/十度 observed by bodhisattvas; Hīnayāna has another group, adding to the four Brahmā virtues 梵福 the six of sacrificing oneʼs life to save mother; or father; or a Buddha; to become a monk: to induce another to become a monk; to obtain authority to preach. 〔成唯識論 T 1585.31.51a20〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Soothill]
  • Can also can refer to the various sets of ten stages in the course of the Mahāyāna path, such as the ten abodes 十住, ten practices 十行, ten grounds 十地, etc. 〔梵網經古迹記 HBJ 3.444a22; T 1815.40.700b21〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Soothill]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 463

    Bulgyo sajeon 533a

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 593d

    Fo Guang Dictionary 467

    Ding Fubao

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 916-3

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    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2011-05-31