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There are 16 total results for your 五法 search.

Characters Pronunciation
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五法

see styles
wǔ fǎ
    wu3 fa3
wu fa
 gohō
pañcadharma. The five laws or categories, of which four groups are as follows: I. 相名五法 The five categories of form and name: (1) 相 appearances, or phenomena; (2) 名 their names; (3) 分別 sometimes called 妄想 ordinary mental discrimination of them— (1) and (2) are objective, (3) subjective; (4) 正智 corrective wisdom, which corrects the deficiencies and errors of the last: (5) 如如 the 眞如 Bhutatathata or absolute wisdom, reached through the 如理智 understanding of the law of the absolute, or ultimate truth. II. 事理五法 The five categories into which things and their principles are divided: (1) 心法 mind; (2) 心所法 mental conditions or activities; (3) 色法 the actual states or categories as conceived; (4) 不相應法 hypothetic categories, 唯識 has twenty-four, the Abhidharma fourteen; (5) 無爲法 the state of rest, or the inactive principle pervading all things; the first four are the 事 and the last the 理. III. 理智五法 cf. 五智; the five categories of essential wisdom: (1) 眞如 the absolute; (2) 大圓鏡智 wisdom as the great perfect mirror reflecting all things; (3) 平等性智 wisdom of the equal Buddha nature of all beings; (4) 妙觀察智 wisdom of mystic insight into all things and removal of ignorance and doubt; (5) 成所作智 wisdom perfect in action and bringing blessing to self and others. IV. 提婆五法 The five obnoxious rules of Devadatta: not to take milk in any form, nor meat, nor salt; to wear unshaped garments, and to live apart. Another set is: to wear cast-off rags, beg food, have only one set meal a day, dwell in the open, and abstain from all kinds of flesh, milk, etc.

五法人

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wǔ fǎ rén
    wu3 fa3 ren2
wu fa jen
 go hōnin
Followers of the five ascetic rules of Devadatta, the enemy of the Buddha.

五法藏

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wǔ fǎ zàng
    wu3 fa3 zang4
wu fa tsang
 go hōzō
five categories of dharmas

五法行

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wǔ fǎ xíng
    wu3 fa3 xing2
wu fa hsing
 go hōgyō
five categories of mental factors

五法身

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wǔ fǎ shēn
    wu3 fa3 shen1
wu fa shen
 go hosshin
idem 五分法身.

行五法

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xíng wǔ fǎ
    xing2 wu3 fa3
hsing wu fa
 gyō gohō
practicing five [supplementary] methods

五法成身

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wǔ fǎ chéng shēn
    wu3 fa3 cheng2 shen1
wu fa ch`eng shen
    wu fa cheng shen
 gohō jōshin
idem 五相成身.

七十五法

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qī shí wǔ fǎ
    qi1 shi2 wu3 fa3
ch`i shih wu fa
    chi shih wu fa
 shichijū go hō
The seventy-five dharmas of the Abhidharmakośa-bhāsya, which classifies all phenomena under seventy-five categories or elements, divided into five groups; cf. 五根, 五境, 無表色. (1) Material 色法 rūpāṇi, 11 . (2) Mind 心法 cittam, 1. (3) Mental qualities 心所有法 citta-saṃprayukta-saṃskārāḥ, 46. (4) Non-mental 心不相應行法 cittaviprayukta-saṃskārāḥ, 14. These are the seventy-two Sarvastivadin divisions (v. Keith, B. I. , p. 201 ). (5) In addition there are three unconditioned or non-phenomenal elements 無爲法 asaṃskṛta dharma, 3 (v. Keith, p. 160) .

事理五法

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shì lǐ wǔ fǎ
    shi4 li3 wu3 fa3
shih li wu fa
 jiri gohō
v. 五法.

二十五法

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èr shí wǔ fǎ
    er4 shi2 wu3 fa3
erh shih wu fa
 nijūgo hō
twenty-five methods

入堂五法

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rù táng wǔ fǎ
    ru4 tang2 wu3 fa3
ju t`ang wu fa
    ju tang wu fa
 nyūdō gohō
v. 入衆.

入衆五法


入众五法

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rù zhòng wǔ fǎ
    ru4 zhong4 wu3 fa3
ju chung wu fa
 nisshugohō
Five rules for the entrant - submission, kindness, respect, recognition of rank or order, and none but religious conversation.

提婆五法

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tí pó wǔ fǎ
    ti2 po2 wu3 fa3
t`i p`o wu fa
    ti po wu fa
 Daiba gohō
the five rules of Devadatta

理智五法

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lǐ zhì wǔ fǎ
    li3 zhi4 wu3 fa3
li chih wu fa
 richi gohō
v. 五法.

相名五法

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xiàng míng wǔ fǎ
    xiang4 ming2 wu3 fa3
hsiang ming wu fa
 sōmyō gohō
v. 五法.

五位七十五法

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wǔ wèi qī shí wǔ fǎ
    wu3 wei4 qi1 shi2 wu3 fa3
wu wei ch`i shih wu fa
    wu wei chi shih wu fa
 goi shichijūgo hō
seventy-five dharmas in five categories

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 16 results for "五法" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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