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空果

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: empty fruit

Senses:

  • Also fruit of freedom from the illusion that things and the self are real. [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill]
  • In the Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment, a metaphor for a further derivative level of illusion, wherein the already-illusory sky-flowers 空華, are understood by the perceiver to produce sky-fruits. 〔圓覺經 T 842.17.916a1 〕 [Charles Muller]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 241b

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 279-3

    Soothill 277

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    Entry created: 2002-06-26

    Updated: 2006-12-30