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理性

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: essential nature

Senses:

  • One mind, original nature. The sameness of principle and nature. Unchanging nature. True thusness 眞如. The world of thusness witnessed by nondiscriminating wisdom that has penetrated to the emptiness of self and existence. [Charles Muller]
  • The 'unchanging principle or original nature as the cause of awakening;' distinguished from 果性, 'result nature;' awakening as the result of practice. [Jamie Hubbard]
  • 'Principle-nature.' To see a thing or issue from the perspective of its basic nature, rather than as it is in actual practice or manifestation. As distinguished from 'practice-nature'  行性. [Charles Muller]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 1095

    Bulgyo sajeon 714a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 1265d

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 826, 827

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 235a/261

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 540

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1413b

    Fo Guang Dictionary 4719

    Ding Fubao

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)2541c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1786-1

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2008-02-09