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Basic Meaning: great practices

Senses:

  • The bodhisattva practices; practices of the Mahāyāna 大乘 (Skt. mahad-gata, samācāra). 〔解深密經疏 HBJ 1.255c13〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa, Gakken, Nakamura, JEBD, FGD, M-W]
  • In Tiantai 天台宗, one of the four kinds of samādhi 四種三昧. [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura]
  • In the Jōdoshin school 淨土眞宗, the repetition of namu amidabutsu 南無阿彌陀佛. [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura]
  • An action of Amitâbha Buddha which contains an immeasurable amount of virtue for the salvation of all human beings. [Charles Muller; source(s): JEBD]
  • Daxing, a Song dynasty monk. See Mochizuki and Fo Guang Dictionary for details. [Charles Muller; source(s): FGD]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 692

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 789d

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 37a/39

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 915b

    Fo Guang Dictionary 784

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0321

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)573c,2841c

    Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) ⑬12c

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    Entry created: 2010-03-18

    Updated: 2010-09-10