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我相

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Basic Meaning: concept of self

Senses:

  • Conceptual reification of a self. In the Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment this notion of self is described as the primary hindrance to enlightenment, and is the first of the 'four reified concepts'  四相. The image manifested by mistaken conceptualization that seems to be a self, which ordinary people attach to as being inherently existent (Skt. ātma-saṃjñā, ātma-lakṣaṇa, ātma-grāha). The term 我相 also appears in the Diamond Sutra and the Śūraṃgama-sūtra. In the Diamond Sutra, anyone who accepts the concept of self 我相, person 人相, sentient being 衆生相, or life span 壽者相 is not a true bodhisattva. See also 我人四相. Also expressed as 我者. 〔圓覺經 T 842.17.919b25; 金剛經 T 235.8.749a11〕 (Skt. *ātman, ātma-bhāva, bhūtâtmaka) [Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 125

    Bulgyo sajeon 554a

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 355

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 160a

    Fo Guang Dictionary 2942

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0519

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)434a, (v.9-10)320c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 228-3*702-1-29*702-2-6

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

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2013-02-12