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自性禪

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Basic Meaning: meditation on the original nature of things

Senses:

  • Meditation on oneʼs own nature. A type of meditation in which one observes the true nature of oneʼs mind and does not seek anything else. One of the nine kinds of Mahāyāna meditation 九種大禪  〔摩訶止觀 T 1911.46.96b5〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill, JEBD]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 434, 433

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 139b/154

    Fo Guang Dictionary 2527

    Ding Fubao

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)673a

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 895-3

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    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2008-05-01