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現法樂住

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: to abide comfortably in the manifest world

Senses:

  • One of the four kinds of meditative concentration 等持 of the form realm 色界 one of the seven kinds of names for meditative concentration 禪定. A state of meditation wherein one is completely removed from deluded thought, and body and mind are quiescent. It is distinguished from 後法樂住. Also written as 現法樂, 現法安樂住, 現法喜樂住, etc. It is a state attained by adepts 無學 (Skt. dṛṣṭa-dharma-sukha-vihāra, dṛṣṭa-dharma-sukha-vihārin). [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Hirakawa, JEBD]
  • (Skt. dṛṣṭa-dharma-sukha-vihāratā; Pāli diṭṭha-dhamma-sukha-vihāra; Tib. mthong ba'i chos la bde bar gnas pa, tshe 'di la bde bar gnas pa, tshe 'di la bde bar gnas par bya ba, tshe 'di la bde bar gnas par 'gyur ba, tshe 'di la shin tu bde bar gnas pas, tshe 'di nyid la bde ba la brten pa, tshe 'di nyid la bde bar gnas pa, tshe 'di nyid la de'i bde ba la gnas pa, tshe 'di'i bde ba la gnas pa, tshe 'di'i bde bar gnas pa) 〔瑜伽論 T 1579.30.331a10〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): YBh-Ind]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 255

    Bulgyo sajeon 935a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U. ) 297d

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 72a/80

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 339d

    Fo Guang Dictionary 4726

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0824

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v. 1-6)1001a,3673c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 450-3

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

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    Entry created: 2003-06-13

    Updated: 2009-08-20