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永害習氣

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: permanently impair the karmic impressions

Senses:

  • To cut off karmic impressions at their root. 〔瑜伽論 T 1579.30.566c10〕 [Charles Muller]
  • the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra says: "What is the tathāgatas' permanent impairment of the karmic impressions? The means that the tathāgatas, whether in activity or observance, whether engaged in discussion or in meditation, the activities engendered by the seeming afflictions for the most part do not manifest. This is called the tathāgatas' permanent impairment of the karmic impressions. In the case of the arhats, even though they have eliminated their afflictions, they still possess the activities engendered by seeming afflictions in activity, observance, engagement in discussion, or meditation." 〔瑜伽論 T 1579.30.574a18–22〕 [Charles Muller]
  • (Tib. bag chags yang dag par bcom pa) [Charles Muller; source(s): YBh-Ind]
  • (Skt. vāsanā-samudghāta) [Charles Muller; source(s): YBh-Ind]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1391c

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0704

    Sanskrit-Tibetan Index for the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra (Yokoyama and Hirosawa) {Digital Version}

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    Entry created: 2004-01-11

    Updated: 2004-06-13