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禪道

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Basic Meaning: path of meditation

Senses:

  • The methods of seated meditation 坐禪. (Skt. yoga-vidhi) 〔肇論 T 1858.45.155c14〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa, Ina-Z, JEBD, Nakamura]
  • The practice of meditation as distinguished from doctrinal, or academic study of Buddhism, also written as 禪門, 禪宗, 禪家, and so forth. [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui]
  • The meditation path as transmitted by Bodhidharma 達磨. [Charles Muller; source(s): DFB]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 648

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 698a

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 433

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

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 837

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 856b

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0898

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1063-2

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    Entry created: 2016-04-20