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定

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: to establish

Senses:

  • To decide; to determine, fix, settle, arrange. To be decided, be settled, be certain. Definitely, certainly. [Charles Muller]
  • The unification of the mind in concentration; stopping the floating of the mind and concentrating on one point. A high level of meditative concentration; mental training through meditation; the skillful unification of mind and object; the mental equanimity conducive to and derived from attention perfectly focused on its object. Meditative absorption; meditative concentration; meditative equipoise; meditatively equipoised. 禪定 meditation (in the realms of form and beyond form). It is also one of the five attributes of the dharmakāya 法身 (Skt. dhyāna, samādhi, samāhita, samāpanna; Tib. bsam gtan, Tib. ting nge 'dzin, mnyam par gzhag pa, Tib. snyoms par zhugs pa). An internal state of imperturbability or tranquility, exempt from all external sensations 超受陰.

    In Yogâcāra doctrine, it is one of the 'object contingent' (別境) mental factors. This logograph is often used interchangeably with 止 (Skt. śamatha). Most commonly transliterated as 三昧 and 三摩提, like dhyāna, a term for meditation, but especially indicative of a deep level of concentration. the Cheng weishi lun says: "Its nature is that of causing mind to be absorbed in attention on a contemplated object and not become distracted, and its function is that of supporting knowledge." 〔成唯識論 T 1585.31.28b〕

    [Charles Muller; source(s): Stephen Hodge]
  • Law, rule, regulation. [Charles Muller]
  • (Skt. samāpatti; avaśyam, niyata, niścaya; atyanta, atyantam, avadhāraṇa, avaśya, avasthâna, ātyantika, upanyāsa, ekânta, eva, aikāntika, kevala, tu, dhyānântara, dhyānôpapatti, dhyāyin, dhruva, dhruvam, nitya, niyatam, niyati, niyati-patita, niyatī-bhūta, niyama, niyamatas, niyāma, niḥsaṃśayam, nūnam, naiyamika, naiyamyena, prajñapti, pratiniyata, pratiniyama, yujyate, yoga, viraja-samādhi, vyavasthita, śama, śānta-samādhi, sad-bhūta, samādhi-saṃbhūta, samādhīyate, samāpatti-dravya, samāpatty-antara, samāhitatva, sarvathā, suvyaktam, sthiti, sphuṭam, svastha-citta, hi) [Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 571

    Bulgyo sajeon 774a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 524c

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 417, 584

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 63, 151, 333

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) ---/156

    Kattō gosen (Mujaku Dōchū) 894/61

    Koga 317

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 288

    Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga) 6-P113, 6-P143

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 746c

    Fo Guang Dictionary 3171

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0376

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)3673a,1290a,1677b, (v.9-10)528b,1066b

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 567-1-19*1222-2

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

    Lokakṣemaʼs Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā (Karashima) 127

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2010-03-16