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正因佛性

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Basic Meaning: buddha-nature of direct cause

Senses:

  • The principle that the buddha nature is already inherent in all sentient beings. One of the three causes of buddha-nature 三因佛性. 〔梵網經菩薩戒本私記 HBJ.1.590a〕 [Charles Muller]
  • The true cause of awakening; endlessly debated from the North-South periods onwards and defined variously as emptiness, tathatā 如, ālaya-vijnāna 阿賴耶識, mind, and the like. [Jamie Hubbard]
  • 〔摩訶止觀 T 1911.46.126c14〕 [Charles Muller]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 538

    Bulgyo sajeon 782a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 526c

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 294b/326

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 685

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 697b

    Ding Fubao

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)1643a

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 630-1-12*765-2

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    Entry created: 1997-09-15

    Updated: 2007-12-21