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無爲法

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Basic Meaning: unconditioned phenomena

Senses:

  • Unconditioned existence. Eternal, absolute conditions separated from arising, changing and ceasing. Anything not subject to cause, condition, or dependence; out of time, eternal, inactive, supra-mundane (Skt. asaṃskṛtā-dharmāḥ, asaṃskṛta; Tib. 'dus ma byas kyi chos). A way of describing the state of nirvana, which is not subject to cause, or the principle of the condition of escape from transmigration. In contrast to conditioned existence 有爲法. In Sarvâstivāda, conditioned and unconditioned factors are considered to be impermanent and eternal respectively, each having its own isolated existence; they enumerate three: 三無爲 ākāśa, space or ether; pratisaṃkhyā-nirodha, conscious cessation of the contamination of the afflictions; apratisaṃkhyā-nirodha, unconscious or effortless cessation. 〔倶舍論 T 1559.29.169b18〕 In Yogâcāra, both are seen as two aspects of the same thing, the true nature of conditioned existence being that of the absolute existence of unconditioned factors. In the Yogâcāra scheme of cognitive factors, there are six in the category of unconditioned 六無爲. 〔成唯識論 T 1585.31.6a3〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Nakamura, Hirakawa, YBh-Ind, Soothill, JEBD]
  • dharma inconditionnés (asaṃskṛta-dharma). Lhasa, p. 144, n. 5. Opposé à uihō 有爲法. Asaṃskṛta, l'inconditionné, Laṅkā, T.XVI, n° 672, p. 621b. Avataṃsakasūtra, T.IX, n° 278, p. 476a9–10, six inconditionnés : l'espace, le nirvāṇa, l'extinction avec projections (pratisaṃkhyānirodha), l'extinction sans projections (apratisaṃkhyānirodha), la coproduction conditionnée à douze membres (pratītyasamutpāda), la sphère de la Loi (dharmadhātu) 何等爲無爲法。所謂虛空涅槃。數緣滅非數緣滅。十二緣起及法界. [Frédéric Girard]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 1031

    Bulgyo sajeon 226a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 1200a

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 202a/225

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1313d

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0776

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)4821c,1015b,189ba, (v.9-10)1058c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 568-1-13*1723-3

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2019-08-16