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學無學

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Basic Meaning: training and post-training

Senses:

  • Learning and beyond learning. One who is still learning, and one who has attained; (有)學 is to practice religious discipline in order to get rid of illusion; 無學 begins when illusion is cast off. In Hīnayāna the first three stages of the four stages 四果, belong to the period of (有)學; the arhat to the 無學. In the Mahāyāna, the ten stages 十地 of the bodhisattva belong to 學; the stage of Buddha to 無學 (Skt. śaikṣâśaikṣa; Pāli sekhāsekha; Tib. slob pa dang mi slob pa). 〔瑜伽論 T 1579.30.318c6〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill, JEBD, YBh-Ind, Hirakawa]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 141

    Bulgyo sajeon 918a

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 68a/75

    Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga) 2-P167

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 178d

    Fo Guang Dictionary 6217

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0371

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 227-2

    Sanskrit-Tibetan Index for the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra (Yokoyama and Hirosawa) {Digital Version}

    Soothill 447

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    Entry created: 2003-02-07

    Updated: 2010-07-14