八定

Readings

Pinyin: bā dìng

Wade-Giles: pa-ting

Hangul: 팔정

Korean MC: pal jeong

Korean MR: p'al chŏng

Katakana: ハチジョウ

Hepburn: hachi jō

bát định

eight meditations

• The eight degrees of meditative concentration: the four dhyānas 四禪 of the form realm 色界, and the four formless concentrations 無色定 of the formless realm 無色界 (Skt. aṣṭau...dhyānârūpyāḥ). 〔成唯識論 T 1585.31.27c1〕 [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Hirakawa]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 864

Bulgyo sajeon, 905a

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 1023a

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 192

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 1104a

Fo Guang Dictionary, 286

Ding Fubao

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0164

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 1411-2

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