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菩薩地

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: bodhisattva ground

Senses:

  • Stage of the bodhisattva; the fifteenth of the seventeen stages 十七地 taught in the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra. [Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa]
  • The ten bodhisattva grounds 十地 (Skt. bodhisattva-bhūmi, bodhisattva-nyāma, *bodhisattva-niyāma; Tib. byang chub sems dpa'i sa). [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura]
  • The seven bodhisattva stages 七地. [Charles Muller]
  • The bodhisattva stage is the ninth of the ten stages of the Tiantai Shared Teaching of the three vehicles 三乘共十地. Here, the declivities proper are completely eliminated just as they are in the case of adherents of the two vehicles. Karmic impressions support their continued rebirth (since there are no afflictions left to do so), and they concurrently teach others while continuing to engage in their own contemplation of emptiness. At sport in the superknowledges, the bodhisattvas purify the world to make it a buddha-land. 〔四教儀 T 1931.46.777c21; 正法華經 T 263.9.112c12〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Sagyoui, Seishi Karashima]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 946

    Hanyu da cidian vol. 9, p. 449

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1220c

    Fo Guang Dictionary 5215

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 1018

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)2258c,2298b,2641b

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 923-3-2*1629-3

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

    Dai kanwa jiten (Morohashi) vol. 9, p. 707

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    Entry created: 2004-01-02

    Updated: 2011-03-08