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禪悅

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: meditative bliss

Senses:

  • The joy one experiences in meditation (Skt. dhyāna-prīti). The joy of the mystic trance. 〔摩訶止觀 T 1911.46.42a25〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill, Yokoi, Hirakawa]
  • la joie extatique de la méditation [Paul Swanson]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 645

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 672c

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 433

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 838

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 853d

    Index to the Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) 375

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.9-10)944b

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1056-2

    Fo Guang Dictionary 6477

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0898

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2008-04-25