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禪那

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Basic Meaning: dhyāna

Senses:

  • A transliteration of the Sanskrit. While having the general meaning of meditation or calm abiding (靜慮, 定), channa can also have other specific connotations, depending on the context. For instance, in the Yuanjue jing 圓覺經, dhyāna meditation is clearly distinguished from the standard definitions of śamatha 止 and vipaśyanā 觀, being a third type of meditation which both combines and transcends the other two. The four dhyāna 四禪 are four degrees through which the mind frees itself from all subjective and objective hindrances and reaches a state of absolute indifference and annihilation of thought, perception. [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill, Yokoi]
  • The River Jumna. [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 648

    Bulgyo sajeon 452a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 698c

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 436

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 843

    Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga) 9-P14, 19-P186

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0898

    Index to the Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) 381

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)1438a,1489a,2941a

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1066-2

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2008-04-26