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諸行無常

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Basic Meaning: all conditioned things are impermanent

Senses:

  • All conditioned things are in continual flux. A corollary of this doctrinal proposition is that anything unconditioned 無爲 is beyond flux, and therefore genuinely eternal 常住. According to the doctrine of momentariness 刹那滅義, conditioned dharmas 有爲法 come to cease immediately upon arising, in the very same place that they arise. Therefore, while composite things may appear to move, the ultimate constituents of things, the conditioned dharmas, do not move. The first of the three seals 三法印 of the Buddhist doctrine. Synonymous with the statement 諸法無常 (Skt. anityābatasaṃskārāḥ, sarva-saṃskārā-anityāḥ, saṃskārânityatā, anityatvam...saṃskārāṇāṃ, bhūtânityatā; Tib. 'du byas thams cad mi rtag pa). 〔瑜伽論 T 1579.30.378c20〕 [Charles Muller, Billy Brewster; source(s): Ui, Nakamura, Hirakawa, YBh-Ind, JEBD, Yokoi]
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    Bulgyo sajeon 791a

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    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 451

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 361

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 294a/325

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 676

    Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga) 8-P83, 16-P42

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 689a

    Fo Guang Dictionary 6300

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 1089

    Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) ⑫312b*

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)4833b

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 849-3

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

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2021-01-02