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常樂我淨

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: permanence, bliss, self, and purity

Senses:

  • The four virtuous aspects of realization 果德 taught in the Nirvana Sutra 涅槃經. These are taught as a positive response to the long-promulgated basic Buddhist notions of impermanence 無常, suffering 苦, no-self 無我, and defilement 汚, which are taken to be four pitfalls 四顚倒. Also called the four attributes 四德 of nirvana (Skt. nitya-sukhâtma-śubha, nitya-sukha-śucy-ātman). [淨樂常我] 〔成唯識論 T 1585.31.58b18〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Nakamura, Soothill, Hirakawa, JEBD, Iwanami]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 584

    Bulgyo sajeon 429a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 590d

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 447

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 145a/161

    Zen Dust (Sasaki) 376

    Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga) 9-P181

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 758c

    Fo Guang Dictionary 4533

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0422

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)1968c,2355c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 975-3

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    Entry created: 2002-06-23

    Updated: 2018-01-18