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解脫門

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Basic Meaning: gate of liberation

Senses:

  • Entrance into the state of nirvana.A reference to the three contemplations of emptiness 空, signlessness 無相 and wishlessness 無願, which lead to the door of nirvana (Skt. vimokṣa-mukha, vimokṣa-dvāra, mokṣa-dvāra; Tib. rnam par thar pa'i sgo). See also 八脫門. 〔成唯識論 T 1585.31.47b23〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): YBh-Ind, JEBD, Hirakawa]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 234

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 271b

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 71a/79

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 148

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 310d

    Fo Guang Dictionary 5604

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 1069

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 438-3

    Sanskrit-Tibetan Index for the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra (Yokoyama and Hirosawa)

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    Entry created: 1997-09-15

    Updated: 2008-05-04