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隨念智

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: intellectual ability of memory

Senses:

  • The cognitive ability to maintain mindfulness (memory) of past events. One of the forms of the bodhisattvaʼs subsequent nondiscriminating cognition 後得無分別智. The Mahāyāna-saṃgraha-bhāṣya says: "There are five kinds of subsequently-attained nondiscriminating cognition: superknowledges 通達, remembrance 隨念, positing 安立, combining 和合, as one wishes 如意， based on which one critically analyzes distinctions." 〔攝大乘論釋 T 1597.31.367a24〕 . See also 菩薩五智. 〔瑜伽論 T 1579.30.569a7〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): FGD]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Fo Guang Shan Dictionary 6348

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1188-2-29

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    Entry created: 2006-04-12