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十智

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Basic Meaning: ten kinds of cognition

Senses:

  • For Abhidharma, see 十一智. In Huayan, a Tathāgataʼs ten powers of understanding or wisdom:
    1. 三世智 perfect understanding of past, present, and future;
    2. 佛法智 ditto of Buddha Dharma;
    3. 法界無礙智 unimpeded understanding of the whole Buddha-realm;
    4. 法界無邊智 unlimited, or infinite understanding of the whole Buddha-realm;
    5. 充滿一切智 understanding of ubiquity;
    6. 普照一切世間智 understanding of universal enlightenment;
    7. 住持一切世界智 understanding of omnipotence, or universal control;
    8. 知一切衆生智 understanding of omniscience re all living beings;
    9. 知一切法智 understanding of omniscience re the laws of universal salvation;
    10. 知無邊諸佛智 understanding of omniscience re all Buddha wisdom.
    〔華嚴經 T 278.9.446b17〕 There are also his ten forms of understanding of the 'Five Seas'  五海 of worlds, living beings, karma, afflictions, and buddhas (Skt. daśa-jñāna; Tib. shes pa bcu). 〔瑜伽論 T 1579.30.751b9〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Soothill, Hirakawa, YBh-Ind]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 464

    Bulgyo sajeon 542a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 453b

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 594c, 656c →

    Fo Guang Dictionary 472

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0218

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 923-1*1188-3

    Sanskrit-Tibetan Index for the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra (Yokoyama and Hirosawa)

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    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2010-06-03