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通明禪

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Basic Meaning: dhyāna of [six] supranormal powers and [three illuminating] insights

Senses:

  • The stages of dhyāna meditation that follow the sixteen types of superior meditations 十六特勝. In the Graded Themes, Zhiyi lists these as the four dhyāna stages, and what appear to be the four concentrations on emptiness, and explains their content with reference to The Great Collection of Sutras (T 397). The realization of these stages of dhyāna result in the attainment of the six supranormal cognitive abilities 六通 and the three illuminating insights 三明. 〔法界次第初門 T 1925.46.674c6–675b19〕 See also: sixteen superior (meditations), four dhyāna stages 四禪, four concentrations on emptiness. The Fo Guang Dictionary includes a much longer entry on this term. [Paul Swanson]
  • Meditation by which one acquires occult power. This is the generic term for catvāri dhyanāni (the four meditations) 四禪, catasra arūpa-samapâttayaḥ (meditation on the formless realm) 四無色, and nirodha-samāpatti concentration of total extinction 滅盡定. If one practices these meditations, one can control oneʼs mind, body, and breath, and will acquire occult power. [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, jebd]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 749

    Bulgyo sajeon 887a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 875d

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 322b/358

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 972d

    Fo Guang Dictionary 4799

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1234-1

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    Entry created: 2008-01-15