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四種僧物

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Basic Meaning: four kinds of property of the saṃgha

Senses:

  • Four kinds of property of monks and nuns, or of the monastery as a whole.
    1. 常住常住物 items of continual everyday use.
    2. 十方常住物 items of universal everyday use.
    3. 現前現前物 the personal belongings of each monk or nun, such as his/her clothing, medicine, etc.
    4. 十方現前物 universally shared belongings—which are usually the possessions of a former member of the saṃgha, who has now passed away.
    〔梵網經菩薩戒本私記 HBJ 1.597a〕 〔資持記 T 1805.40.219b7〕 [Charles Muller]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 404

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 518a

    Fo Guang Dictionary 1819

    Ding Fubao

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 712-2*1079-1

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    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2006-09-15