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空無相無作

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Basic Meaning: emptiness, signlessness, and intentionlessness

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  • Also written 空無相無願 and representative of the three samādhis 三三昧. Lacking substance, lacking distinctive marks, and lacking contrivance. Three essential qualities of meditation that lead to liberation, thus also known as the three gates of liberation 三解脫門. 〔法華經 T 262.9.16b16〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 217

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 283b

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 283-3

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    Entry created: 2007-08-19