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愚夫所行禪

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: meditation practiced by ignorant sentient beings

Senses:

  • One of the four kinds of meditation explained in the Laṅkâvatāra-sūtra. Meditation practiced by non-Buddhists, śrāvakas, pratyekabuddhas and so forth, which has as its content the contemplation of no-self, impermanence, impurity and so forth (Skt. bālopacārikaṃ dhyānam. See 四種禪. 〔楞伽阿跋多羅寶經 T 670.16.492a18〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): FGD]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui). 213

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 252b

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 354

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 91b/101

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 278c

    Fo Guang Shan Dictionary 5454

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 362-1

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    Entry created: 2006-05-20

    Updated: 2007-11-01