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四種道理

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: four kinds of reasoning

Senses:

  • As elaborated in the Saṃdhinirmocana-sūtra 解深密經 these are: empirical reasoning 觀待道理, reasoning based on causality 作用道理, deductive reasoning 證成道理, and reasoning according to the way things are 法爾道理. Syn. 四道理.Oda/DFB/FGD contain a detailed explanation (Skt. catasro yuktayaḥ; Tib. rigs pa bzhi po). These are discussed in detail in Asaṅgaʼs Abhidharmasamuccaya (T 1605.31.687a15-21) and Sthiramatiʼs Abhidharmasamuccaya-vyākhyā (T 1606.31.745b9-26).

    References:

    Pradhan, Prahlad, ed. 1950. Abhidharma Samuccaya of Asaṅga. Santiniketan:  Visva-Bharati.

    Tatia, Nathmal. 1976. Abhidharmasamuccaya-bhāṣyam. Patna:  K. P. Jayaswal Research Institute.

    [Charles Muller, Dan Lusthaus; source(s): JEBD, Hirakawa, YBh-Ind, DFB]
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    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 289a/320

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0282

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)3920c,4138b, (v.9-10)959c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 712-2*1177-1

    Sanskrit-Tibetan Index for the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra (Yokoyama and Hirosawa) {Digital Version}

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    Entry created: 2007-12-25

    Updated: 2017-09-25