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慧光

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: wisdom light

Senses:

  • Light of wisdom, rays of wisdom (Skt. jñāna-prabha, jñānôlkā). 〔法華經 T 262.9.39b19〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa, JEBD]
  • Huiguang (468–537) , a monk of the Northern Wei 北魏, a key figure in the establishment of the Four Part Vinaya 四分律 sect in China, as well as the founder of the southern branch of the Dilun school 地論宗, in the capacity of leading disciple of Ratnamati 勒那摩提. He composed a number of commentaries on texts that were being newly translated by monks such as Ratnamati and Bodhiruci 菩提流支, among these the Sifenlü shu 四分律疏, Huayanjing shu 華嚴經疏, Niepanjing shu 涅槃經疏, Weimojing shu 維摩經疏, Shidilun shu 十地論疏, Shengmanjing shu 勝鬘經疏, Renwangjing shu 人王經疏 and so forth. 〔續高僧傳卷二十一, 華嚴經傳記卷二, 律苑僧寶傳卷三、佛祖統紀卷二十八〕 [Charles Muller]
  • Huiguang, a Chan monk from the Yunmen school during the Song period. 〔續傳燈錄卷二十四, 五燈會元卷十六#〕 [Charles Muller]
  • Huiguang, a Linji monk of the Song period, whose dates are not clear, but he lived around the same time as the famous Linji monk Dahui 大慧 [Charles Muller]
  • He is the author of the Huianguang chanshi yuyao 晦菴光禪師語要 (1 fasc.). 〔聯燈會要卷十八, 嘉泰普燈錄卷二十, 五燈會元卷二十、續傳燈錄卷三十三、五燈嚴統卷二十〕 [Charles Muller]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Chūgoku bukkyōshi jiten (Kamata) 019

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 81

    Bulgyo sajeon 942a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 95b

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 52b/58

    Fo Guang Dictionary 6025

    Ding Fubao

    Nihon bukkyō jinmei jiten (Saitō and Naruse) 49

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0500

    Index to the Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) 60/i061

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.9-10)903a

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1862-1

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

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    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2013-07-10