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四門

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Basic Meaning: four gates

Senses:

  • Four aspects; four approaches. In the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra, four kinds of delusions (Skt. catur-dvāra, catur-mukha, catu-skandha, dvāra-catuṣṭaya; Tib. sgo bzhi). 〔瑜伽論 T 1579.30.296c6〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, YBh-Ind, Hirakawa]
  • In Pure Land, four kinds of gates to purity: the gate of complete perfection 圓滿, the gate of one-pointedness 一向, the gate of purity 純淨, and the gate of correct concentration 正定聚. 〔阿彌陀經疏 HBJ 1.563a17〕 [Charles Muller]
  • The four ontological approaches of existence 有, nonexistence 無, both existence and nonexistence 亦有亦無, neither existence nor nonexistence 非有非無. According to the Tiantai school each of the four schools 四教 in discussing these four questions emphasizes one of them, i. e. 三藏教 that it is real 通教 unreal, 別通 both, 圓通 neither 有 and 空. [Charles Muller]
  • In the Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment 圓覺經, the four gates of a city that lead to the four cardinal directions. [Charles Muller]
  • In Buddhist logic 因明, the four components to each of the two kinds of making-aware 二悟. See under 八門. [Charles Muller]
  • In esoteric symbolism these are the four stages of initiation, development, enlightenment, and nirvana, and are associated with East, South, West, and North; with the four seasons; with warmth, heat, coolness and cold, etc. [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 423

    Bulgyo sajeon 362a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 464d

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 533c

    Fo Guang Dictionary 1723

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0280

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.9-10)345b

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 763-1, 763-3

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

    (Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms 183

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    Entry created: 2001-10-26

    Updated: 2011-04-17