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大乘法苑義林章

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: Dasheng fayuan yilin zhang

Senses:

  • 'Essay on the Forest of Meanings in the Dharma Grove of the Great Vehicle.' Seven fasc.; T 1861, by Kuiji 窺基. Various aspects of Mahāyāna doctrines are explained from the Vijñaptimātra 唯識 standpoint, including many interpolations by later scholars. Included are such topics as doctrinal classification 判教, Yogâcāra doctrines, applications of practice, analysis of stages attained, etc. It is arranged in twenty-nine chapters, the details of which are listed in Mochizuki and the Daizōkyō daijiten. This text was a prominent source for many of the arguments presented in Ryōhenʼs 良遍 Kanjin kakumu shō 觀心覺夢鈔. Abbreviated as Fayuan yilin zhang 法苑義林章, Yilin zhang 義林章, Fayuan 法苑, and also known as the Qijuan zhang 七卷章. The twenty-nine chapter headings are as follows:
    1. general outline 總料簡
    2. five states of mind 五心
    3. consciousness only 唯識
    4. the various vehicles 諸乘
    5. the various consciousnesses 諸藏
    6. twelve divisions of the canon 十二分經
    7. eliminating hindrances 斷障
    8. two truths 二諦
    9. the sensory elements 大種
    10. five faculties 五根
    11. disclosive and nondisclosive activity 表無表
    12. turning in reverence 歸敬
    13. four nutrients 四食
    14. sixty-two views 六十二見
    15. eight kinds of liberation 八解脫
    16. two kind of grasping 二執
    17. twenty-seven sages 二十七賢聖
    18. three categories 三科
    19. atoms 極微
    20. form induced by excellent meditation 勝定果色
    21. ten causes 十因
    22. five achievements 五果
    23. material objects of mind 法處色
    24. three treasures 三寶
    25. subjugating demons 破魔羅
    26. three kinds of wisdom 三慧
    27. three agents 三輪
    28. three bodies 三身
    29. pure land 淨土

    [Chinese Buddhist Canonical Attributions Database]

    [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, JEBD, FGD]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Chūgoku bukkyōshi jiten (Kamata) 234

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 699

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 39b/42

    Fo Guang Dictionary 817

    Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) ⑦338a*

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)3280b

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    Entry created: 2009-05-13

    Updated: 2020-03-21