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空解脫門

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: liberation through emptiness

Senses:

  • The gate of salvation or deliverance by the realization of emptiness, i.e. that the self and things are formed of elements and have no reality in themselves; one of the three deliverances 三解脫門 (Skt. śunyatā-vimokṣa-mukha, śūnyatā; Tib. rnam par thar pa'i sgo stong pa nyid). 〔瑜伽論 T 1579.30.595b22 〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Soothill, Hirakawa, YBh-Ind]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 215

    Bulgyo sajeon 55a

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 281a

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0909

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)1513b

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 280-3

    Soothill 278

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    Entry created: 2002-06-26

    Updated: 2008-04-27