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禪法

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Basic Meaning: method of meditation

Senses:

  • The bodhisattva meditation as first transmitted by Kumārajīva 鳩摩羅什 and analyzed in detail by Zhiyi 智顗. This is the method as explained by the scriptures. These are methods of contemplation as found in the dhyānas recorded in the sutras, called 如來禪 tathāgata-dhyānas. 〔摩訶止觀 T 1911.46.70c15〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, JEBD]
  • The Chan meditative approach attributed to Bodhidharma, the meditation outside the scriptures that is transmitted from mind to mind, called Patriarchal Chan 祖師禪. [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill]
  • Cf. Karashima (Lokakṣema Glossary): view / hide
      
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 648

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 703a

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 335a/372

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 856d

    Fo Guang Dictionary 6470

    Ding Fubao

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1067-3

    Lokakṣemaʼs Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā (Karashima) 59

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2009-07-29