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事理不二

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Basic Meaning: phenomena and principle are not two

Senses:

  • A quintessential position of the East Asian Mahayana worldview. Dependently arisen, visible, sensible, imaginable phenomena are not separate or distinct from underlying invisible reality. The matter of the relationship between principle 理 and phenomena 事 was a topic in the debates of the Huayan 華嚴 commentators, but can also be found in other traditions. See also 體用. 〔禪宗永嘉集科註說誼 HBJ 7.171c03.9〕 〔華嚴法界玄鏡〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): ZGDJT, FGD]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 0600d

    Fo Guang Dictionary 3044

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 997-3

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    Entry created: 2022-07-29

    Updated: 2022-07-31