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正念

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Basic Meaning: accurate attention

Senses:

  • Correct thought; accurate recollection, mindfulness. The seventh of the items of the Eightfold Path 八正道; looking on the body and the spirit in such a way as to remain ardent, self-possessed, and mindful, having overcome both hankering and dejection. Continual mindfulness without lapse. To continually keep (something) in mind. To be removed from evil thought and be mindful of the Buddha-way. To rectify the mind and hold to its true form.(Skt. smṛti, samyak-smṛti; saṃprajāna, pratismrta; Tib. dran pa, yang dag pa'i dran pa). [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Nakamura, Soothill, YBh-Ind, Yokoi]
  • To be mindful of reality and not to be taken in by appearances. [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Nakamura]
  • To skillfully remember affairs without lapse in memory . [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Nakamura]
  • In Pure Land teachings, the Mind of True Reliance on Amitâbha Buddha. [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Nakamura]
  • (Skt. yoniśo-manasikāra; anusmṛti, avismṛti, manasi-kāra, manas-kāra, smṛta, smṛtimat; Pāli sammā-sati) [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill, Hirakawa]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 541, 541

    Bulgyo sajeon 776a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 575d

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 693

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 703a

    Fo Guang Dictionary 1990

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0684

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)2750b,4214c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 788-1

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

    (Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms 193

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2018-02-05