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離垢地

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Basic Meaning: ground of freedom from defilement

Senses:

  • The second of the ten grounds 十地 of the path of the bodhisattva. The practitioner, abiding in reality, is able to enter the dust of the world of sentient beings, yet remain detached. Also called 無垢地 (Skt. vimalābhūmiḥ, vimalābodhisattva-bhūmiḥ, vimalā; Tib. dri ma med pa). 〔 成唯識論 T 1585.31.51a23〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Hirakawa, YBh-Ind]
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    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 1097

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1415d

    Fo Guang Dictionary 6716

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 1234

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)2299b

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 923-3-13*1784-3

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

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    Entry created: 1989-03-01

    Updated: 2008-05-29