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生三界

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: to be born in the three realms

Senses:

  • In the Lotus Sutra, it is said that the World-Honored One is "born into the three realms — a rotted, old, burning house — for the sake of delivering living beings from birth, old age, sickness, and death" (而生三界朽故火宅、爲度衆生生老病死). (Skt. tri-bhavâbhinirviṛtti) 〔法華經T 262.9.13a16〕 [Griffith Foulk; source(s): Hirakawa]
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    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0833

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    Entry created: 2007-06-27

    Updated: 2021-12-28