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四諦

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Basic Meaning: four [noble] truths

Senses:

  • The noble truths (ārya-satya), which form the main content of the Buddhaʼs first sermon given at Vārāṇasī:
    1. the truth of suffering (duḥkha) 苦諦; suffering is the lot of the 六趣 six states of existence;
    2. the truth of the arising of suffering (samudaya) 集諦; it is the aggregation (or exacerbation) of suffering by reason of afflicted mental states;
    3. the truth of the cessation of suffering (nirodha) 滅諦; cessation is nirvana, the extinction of craving and its consequences, and the leaving of the sufferings of mortality as void and extinct;
    4. the truth of the path to the cessation of suffering (mārga) 道諦; this the way of extinction, i. e. the 八正道 eightfold correct path.
    The first two are considered to be related to this life, the last two to 出世間 a life outside or apart from the world. The four are described as the fundamental doctrines first preached to his five former ascetic companions. Also rendered as 四聖諦 and 四眞諦. See also 四種四諦 (Skt. catur-vidhaṃ satyam, catuḥ-satya, satya-catuṣṭaya; catur-ārya-satya, catvāri-ārya-satyāni; catvāri..ṣatyāni, duḥkhaṃ tat-samudaya-nirodha-pratipakṣāś ca, duḥkha-samudaya-nirodha-mārga, satya; Pāli cattāri ariya-saccāni; Tib. 'phags pa'i bden pa bzhi, bden pa rnam pa bzhi). [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui ,Nakamura, YBh-Ind, Hirakawa, JEBD, Yokoi, Iwanami]
  • les quatre vérités. [Paul Swanson]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 414

    Bulgyo sajeon 387a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 444b

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 360, 368

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 290b/322

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 670

    Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga) 9-P208

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 526c

    Fo Guang Dictionary 1840

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0282

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)1870c, (v.9-10)159a,571b

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1097-1, 723-3

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

    (Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms 182

    Lokakṣemaʼs Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā (Karashima) 462

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    Entry created: 1997-09-15

    Updated: 2020-04-13