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報土

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Basic Meaning: reward-land

Senses:

  • A kind of pure land; one of four lands 四土. [Charles Muller; source(s): Yokoi]
  • Also written 受用土. (1) This term may refer to the land or world into which a person is born because of his past karma, e.g. hell, heaven, this world, etc. Also called 果報土. (2) The Pure Land created by a Buddha through the strength of his vows and religious exercises undertaken when he was yet a bodhisattva, e.g. Sukhāvatī 極樂. Also called 實法土. (3) In the Shin school 眞宗, the reward land is subdivided into a true reward land and a provisional reward land. Rebirth in the former is attained by all people who accept fully and without doubt the other-power original vow 他力本願 of Amitâbha, whereas rebirth in the latter is for those people who adopt other-power practices. 〔成唯識論述記 T 1830.43.499b21〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): JEBD]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 964

    Bulgyo sajeon 305a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 1138c

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 727

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 108a/118

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 231

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1242b

    Fo Guang Dictionary 4918

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1584-3

    Soothill 369

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    Entry created: 2002-10-31

    Updated: 2009-06-28