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四十位

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: forty stages

Senses:

  • The 'forty bodhisattva stages' of the Brahmāʼs Net Sutra 梵網經. They are classified into four groups:
    1. 十發趣 Ten initial stages, i. e. the minds 心 of abandoning things of the world, of keeping the moral law, patience, zealous progress, dhyāna, wisdom, resolve, guarding (the Dharma), joy, and spiritual baptism by the Buddha. These are associated with the ten abodes 十住.
    2. 十長養 Ten steps in the nourishment of perfection, i. e. minds of kindness, pity, joy, relinquishing, almsgiving, good discourse, benefiting, friendship, dhyāna, wisdom. These are associated with the ten practices 十行.
    3. 十金剛 Ten 'diamond' steps of firmness, i. e. a mind of faith, remembrance, bestowing oneʼs merits on others, understanding, uprightness, no-retreat, Mahāyāna, formlessness, wisdom, indestructibility; these are associated with the ten dedications of merit 十廻向.
    4. The ten grounds 十地 (bhūmis), which are the stages exclusive to the bodhisattva.
    [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Soothill]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 407

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 434b

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 520a

    Fo Guang Dictionary 1645

    Ding Fubao

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 718-2

    (Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms 171

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    Entry created: 2002-03-08

    Updated: 2011-08-30