八大人覺
Readings
Pinyin: bādà rén jué
Wade-Giles: pa-ta-jen-chüeh
Hangul: 팔대인각
Korean MC: pal dae in gak
Korean MR: p'al tae in kak
Katakana: ハチダイニンガク
Hepburn: hachi dai nin gaku
eight kinds of attentiveness of great persons
- The eight thoughts of bodhisattvas, śrāvakas, and pratyekabuddhas:
- The attentiveness to lessening desire 少欲覺.
- The attentiveness to being satisfied with the way things are 知足覺.
- The attentiveness to extrication (from afflictive behavior) 遠離覺.
- The attentiveness to vigilant effort 精進覺.
- The attentiveness to right mindfulness 正念覺.
- The attentiveness to right concentration 正定覺.
- The attentiveness to right wisdom 正慧覺.
- The attentiveness to avoidance of conceptual proliferation 不戲論覺.
〔成實論 T 1646.32.277a13〕
Also written 八大人念, 八生法, and 大人八念. [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura,FGD,Yokoi]
- In the 八大人覺經 (T 779.17.715b4:) the names of the eight differ slightly, but their content is essentially the same: 覺世間無常, 覺多欲, 覺心不足, 覺懈怠, 覺愚癡, 覺貧怨, 覺欲過患, and 覺生死. [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura,FGD,Yokoi]
Dictionary References:
Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 864
Bulgyo sajeon, 895a
Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 1023c
A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki), 92, 462
Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō
shuppansha), 95a/105
Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 191
Zen Dust (Sasaki), 396
Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 1104c
Fo Guang Dictionary, 270
Ding Fubao, {Digital Version}
Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)4217c,405a
Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 1409-3
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