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慈愍

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: compassion

Senses:

  • To be compassionate; merciful, kind (Skt. dayā, maitrī, karuṇā, anukampā; anunaya, kāruṇika, kāruṇya, kāruṇya-cittatā, ghṛṇa, mahā-karuṇā, mahā-maitrī-vihārin, mitratā, maitra, vatsala; Tib. byams pa). [Charles Muller]
  • Cimin (680–748). The founder of a sect of Chinese Pure Land 淨土宗 with the same name, a disciple of Yijing 義淨. He traveled to India to study Pure Land, returning after thirteen years in 719 with Buddhist images and Sanskrit texts. Also known by the monastic name of Huiri 慧日. The first fascicle of his Lüe zhujinglun nianfofamen wangsheng jingtu ji 略諸經論念佛法門往生淨土集 is discussed in detail in David W. Chappell, “From Dispute to Dual Cultivation: Pure Land Responses to Ch’an Critics,” in Peter N. Gregory, ed., Traditions of Meditation in Chinese Buddhism (Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i, 1986), pp. 169-174. 〔瑜伽論 T 1579.30.423a11〕 [Griffith Foulk, Charles Muller]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 443

    Bulgyo sajeon 752a

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 136a/150

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 574a

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0498

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

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    Entry created: 2003-05-21

    Updated: 2024-04-21