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氣分

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Basic Meaning: disposition [of cessation-and-contemplation]

Senses:

  • The stage or attitude of one inclined to practice the Buddhist path, before entering the five preliminary grades of the disciple 五品弟子位  〔摩訶止觀 T 1911.46.51b13〕 [Paul Swanson]
  • Feels like... [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura]
  • Potentiality. Seeds in the storehouse consciousness seen as the potential of phenomena to manifest. Synonymous with 習氣, vāsanā. 〔法相二卷鈔〕 [Piotr Pieścik]
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    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 206c

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    Entry created: 2008-01-19

    Updated: 2020-02-25