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虛空

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Basic Meaning: space

Senses:

  • Sky (Skt. ākāśa), atmosphere, heaven (Skt. gagaṇa, kha). Since in the sky there is nothing to act as hindrance, there is the meaning of lack of hindrance (Skt. anāvṛti, anāvaraṇa). A term used to refer to unlimited expansiveness. Also, an unconditioned factor of experience 無爲法 in both Yogâcāra and Abhidharma. According to the Kanjin kakumu shō, space is distinguished into the two types of (1) dependent on mental transformation 依識變—it is space as perceived by the mind, thus it is nominally existent, a semblance 相似, which is actually condition; (2) that which is dependent on Dharma-nature 依法性; it is real 眞理, and truly unconditioned 實無爲. 〔觀心覺夢鈔 T 2312.71.68c26〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, JEBD, Yokoi,Iwanami]
  • Void, empty (Skt. śūnya). Nothingness, completely empty (無, 空). 虛 is defined as that which is without shape or substantiality, 空 as that which has no resistance. The immaterial universe behind all phenomena. [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill]
  • Completely clear, as the sky. [Charles Muller]
  • Title of section 70 of the Shōbōgenzō. [Charles Muller; source(s): Yokoi]
  • Skt. ākāśa is transliterated as 阿迦奢 and 阿迦捨. [Charles Muller]
  • (Skt. gagana, nabhas; antarikṣa, antarīkṣa, ambara, ākāśa-dhātu, āntarikṣa, upary-antarīkṣa, khaga-patha, gagaṇa-tala, gagana-tala, gaganânta, div, nabha, nabhas-tala, prakāśa, rikta-tuccha, vihāyas, vihāyasântarīkṣa, vaiyarthya, vaihāyas, vaihāyasa, vyoma-dhātu, vyoman, śūnyatā; Tib. nam mkha') [Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa, YBh-Ind]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 262

    Bulgyo sajeon 931a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 332c

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 263

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 202, 461

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 177a/196

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 387

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 349d

    Fo Guang Dictionary 5262

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 1034

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 457-2

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

    Lokakṣemaʼs Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā (Karashima) 553

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2014-04-20