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戒定慧

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Basic Meaning: morality, meditation, and wisdom

Senses:

  • The three practices 三學 of Buddhism; discipline wards off bodily evil, meditation calms mental disturbance, wisdom gets rid of delusion and proves truth. Within the eightfold path 八正道, the first two items are types of wisdom, the next three are modes of discipline, and the last three are modes of concentration (Skt. śīla-samādhi-prajñā). [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill, Hirakawa]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 128

    Bulgyo sajeon 43a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 140d

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 104

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 156a/173

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 320

    Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga) 8-P37

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 164b

    Fo Guang Dictionary 2908

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0520

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 168-1

    Soothill 239

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    Entry created: 2002-06-10

    Updated: 2007-11-03