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菩薩禪

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: bodhisattva meditation

Senses:

  • Meditation method taught by Kumārajīva 鳩摩羅什. Fashionable in Chang'an shortly after his arrival there, though not held in high acclaim by leading Buddhist authorities in China at the time. Synthesized from various sources. See Yang Lu, “Narrative and Historicity in the Buddhist Biographies of Early Medieval China: The Case of Kumārajīva” in Asia Major, Volume 17, part 2, 2004, 38–40. [Jeffrey Kotyk]
  • Alternative rendering of 大乘禪. [Charles Muller]
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    Entry created: 2007-01-14

    Updated: 2012-03-27