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心自在者

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Basic Meaning: he whose mind is free

Senses:

  • He whose mind is free, or sovereign, an arhat 阿羅漢 who has got rid of all hindrances to meditative concentration—who has achieved both kinds of liberation 倶解脫 (Skt. vaśī-bhūta). 〔法華經 T 262.9.12b4〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Soothill, Hirakawa]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 587

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 612c

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 766a

    Fo Guang Dictionary 1400

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0461

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 874-1

    (Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms 151

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    Entry created: 2002-02-18

    Updated: 2010-05-08