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禪門

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Basic Meaning: meditative approach

Senses:

  • The meditative method in general, but especially as distinguished from the approach of textual study 教門. Syn. 禪定門 and 教外別傳. Also, meditation 定學 among the three Buddhist disciplines 三學. [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Nakamura, Soothill, Yokoi]
  • Ten categories of meditation. See 禪定十門. [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui]
  • The dhyāna pāramitā 禪波羅蜜. [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill, Ui]
  • The Chan school 禪宗 established in China according to tradition by Bodhidharma, characterized as being propagated from mind to mind. [Charles Muller; source(s): Yokoi]
  • Chan monks 禪僧. [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura]
  • Medieval Japanese lay men who shave their heads and wear robes and thus similar to 入道. Lay female practitioners are called 禪尼. [Paul Groner; source(s): Ui]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 648

    Bulgyo sajeon 454a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 704c

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 222, 435

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 836

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 857a

    Fo Guang Dictionary 6471

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) ⑥403b

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)3006b, (v.9-10)364b

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1068-3

    Soothill 461

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    Entry created: 2003-02-14

    Updated: 2016-09-09