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自然滅

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: naturally disappearing

Senses:

  • Automatically extinct; vanishing by nature; spontaneously ceasing (Skt. svarasa-nirodha, svayaṃ vinaṣṭāḥ; Tib. rang gi ngang gis 'jig pa, rang nyid 'jig pa (Pradhan 1967, 163; D 4090: vol. 140, folio/line 167b.3–167b.4).This is a term, found in the auto-commentary to the second verse of chapter four of Vasubandhuʼs 世親 Abhidharmakośabhāṣya 倶舍論, meant to indicate that dharmas spontaneously cease, independently of external causal factors. According to Vasubandhu, this is because of the fact that the very nature of the dharma is momentary 刹那滅. 〔 瑜伽論 T 1579.30.363b5;金剛三昧經論 T 1730.34.993b22〕 [Charles Muller, Billy Brewster; source(s): Hirakawa, Nakamura, YBh-Ind]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 558d

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0991

    Sanskrit-Tibetan Index for the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra (Yokoyama and Hirosawa) {Digital Version}

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    Entry created: 2010-02-09

    Updated: 2019-05-05