Dhammacakkhu, Dhamma-cakkhu: 2 definitions
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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarydhammacakkhu : (nt.) the eye of wisdom.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryDhammacakkhu refers to: “the eye of wisdom, ” perception of the law of change. frequent in the standing formula at the end of a conversation with the Buddha which leads to the “opening of the eyes” or conversion of the interlocutor, viz. “virajaṃ vītamalaṃ dhcakkhuṃ udapādi” D.I, 86, 110; II, 288; S.IV, 47; A.IV, 186; Vin.I, 11, 16, 40 etc. Expl. at DA.I, 237: dhammesu vā cakkhuṃ dhammamayaṃ vā cakkhuṃ. Cp. S.II, 134 (°paṭiĺābha; +dhammâbhisamaya); Dial. I.184; II, 176;
Note: dhammacakkhu is a Pali compound consisting of the words dhamma and cakkhu.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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Partial matches: Cakkhu, Dhamma.
Full-text: Dharmacakshus, Cakshus, Cakkhu.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 1 - Notes on the five cakṣus or visual powers of the Buddha < [Chapter XIV - Emission of rays]
Preliminary note on the ‘five eyes’ < [Part 6 - Obtaining the five ‘eyes’]
II. Simultaneously preaching and converting < [Part 13 - Carrying out abhisaṃbodhi, preaching and conversions all in the same day]
Advice To Rāhula (by Nyanaponika Thera)
The Book of Protection (by Piyadassi Thera)
The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Buddha Chronicle 15: Dhammadassī Buddhavaṃsa < [Chapter 9 - The chronicle of twenty-four Buddhas]
Part 10a - The method of fulfilling the Perfection of Generosity (Dāna Pāramī) < [Chapter 7 - On Miscellany]
The Occasion of the Great Assembly (Mahāsamaya) < [Chapter 22 - Founding of Vesali]
Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)
Verse 271-272 - The Story of Some Monks < [Chapter 19 - Dhammaṭṭha Vagga (Established in Dhamma)]