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空定

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: meditation on emptiness

Senses:

  • The meditation which focuses on emptiness; it is divided into 内道, i.e. the 三三昧, and 外道, the latter limited to the four dhyānas 四空定 except the illusion that things have a reality in themselves, as individuals 法我 (Skt. śūnyatā-samādhi). 〔大智度論 T 1509.25.97a3 〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill, JEBD]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 216

    Bulgyo sajeon 55a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 243a

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 215

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 185b/206

    Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga) 1-P76

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 282b

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0908

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 282-3

    Soothill 276

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    Entry created: 2002-06-25

    Updated: 2008-04-27