Fa shen wu xiang, Fǎ shēn wú xiāng, Fǎ shēn wú xiàng: 2 definitions
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Chinese Buddhism
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法身無相 [fa shen wu xiang]—The Dharma-kāya (法身 [fa shen]) is formless (無相 [wu xiang]) — [Technical term (術語 [shu yu])] See appendix for the Dharma-kāya entry.
(Dharma-kāya) [Technical term] The Nirvana Sutra (涅槃經 [nie pan jing]), Chapter 31, states: "Therefore, Nirvana is called formless (無相 [wu xiang]), good man, because it is without the ten signs. What are these ten? Namely, the sign of form (色相 [se xiang]), the sign of sound (聲相 [sheng xiang]), the sign of smell (香相 [xiang xiang]), the sign of taste (味相 [wei xiang]), the sign of touch (觸相 [chu xiang]), the signs of arising, dwelling, and ceasing (生住壞相 [sheng zhu huai xiang]), the male sign (男相 [nan xiang]), and the female sign (女相 [nu xiang]) — these are called the ten signs."
The Mahāyāna Samatā Sutra (大乘同性經 [da cheng tong xing jing]), Fascicle 2, states: "The true Dharma-kāya of the Tathāgata (如來 [ru lai]) is: without form, without manifestation, without attachment, invisible, without verbal expression, without dwelling place, without signs (無相 [wu xiang]), without retribution, without arising, without ceasing, without analogy."
The Vijñaptimātratā-siddhi Śāstra (唯識論 [wei shi lun]), Chapter 10, states: "The intrinsic body (自性身 [zi xing shen]) possesses only the true permanence, bliss, self, and purity (常樂我淨 [chang le wo jing]); it is free from all defilements, is the basis of all virtues, and is unconditioned (無為 [wu wei]) merit, without differentiated signs and functions such as form or mind."
法身無相—【術語】見法身條附錄。(法身)
【術語】涅槃經三十一曰：「是故涅槃名為無相，善男子無十相故。何等為十？所謂色相，聲相，香相，味相，觸相，生住壞相，男相，女相，是名十相。」大乘同性經下曰：「如來真法身者：無色，無現，無著，不可見，無言說，無住處，無相，無報，無生，無滅，無譬喻。」唯識論十曰：「自性身唯有真實常樂我淨，離諸雜染，眾善所依無為功德，無色心等差別相用。」
[shù yǔ] jiàn fǎ shēn tiáo fù lù.(fǎ shēn)
[shù yǔ] niè pán jīng sān shí yī yuē: “shì gù niè pán míng wèi wú xiāng, shàn nán zi wú shí xiāng gù. hé děng wèi shí？ suǒ wèi sè xiāng, shēng xiāng, xiāng xiāng, wèi xiāng, chù xiāng, shēng zhù huài xiāng, nán xiāng, nǚ xiāng, shì míng shí xiāng.” dà chéng tóng xìng jīng xià yuē: “rú lái zhēn fǎ shēn zhě: wú sè, wú xiàn, wú zhe, bù kě jiàn, wú yán shuō, wú zhù chù, wú xiāng, wú bào, wú shēng, wú miè, wú pì yù.” wéi shí lùn shí yuē: “zì xìng shēn wéi yǒu zhēn shí cháng lè wǒ jìng, lí zhū zá rǎn, zhòng shàn suǒ yī wú wèi gōng dé, wú sè xīn děng chà bié xiāng yòng.”
[shu yu] jian fa shen tiao fu lu.(fa shen)
[shu yu] nie pan jing san shi yi yue: "shi gu nie pan ming wei wu xiang, shan nan zi wu shi xiang gu. he deng wei shi? suo wei se xiang, sheng xiang, xiang xiang, wei xiang, chu xiang, sheng zhu huai xiang, nan xiang, nu xiang, shi ming shi xiang." da cheng tong xing jing xia yue: "ru lai zhen fa shen zhe: wu se, wu xian, wu zhe, bu ke jian, wu yan shuo, wu zhu chu, wu xiang, wu bao, wu sheng, wu mie, wu pi yu." wei shi lun shi yue: "zi xing shen wei you zhen shi chang le wo jing, li zhu za ran, zhong shan suo yi wu wei gong de, wu se xin deng cha bie xiang yong."
Chinese Buddhism (漢傳佛教, hanchuan fojiao) is the form of Buddhism that developed in China, blending Mahayana teachings with Daoist and Confucian thought. Its texts are mainly in Classical Chinese, based on translations from Sanskrit. Major schools include Chan (Zen), Pure Land, Tiantai, and Huayan. Chinese Buddhism has greatly influenced East Asian religion and culture.
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1) 法身無相 [fǎ shēn wú xiāng] refers to: “Dharma-body has no characteristics”.
法身無相 is further associated with the following language/terms:
[Vietnamese] pháp thân vô tương.
[Korean] 법신무상 / beopsin musang.
[Japanese] ホッシンムソウ / hosshin musō.
2) 法身無象 [fǎ shēn wú xiàng] refers to: “the dharma body is formless”.
法身無象 is further associated with the following language/terms:
[Vietnamese] pháp thân vô tượng.
[Korean] 법신무상 / beopsin musang.
[Japanese] ホッシンムゾウ / hosshin muzō.
Chinese language.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Xiang, Fa shen, Wuxiang, Fa, Chen, Wu, Shen, Jiang.
Full-text: Phap than vo tuong, Ban ruo wu zhi, Wu wei fa shen, Sheng zhi, Zhen zhi, Wu zhi, Fa xing shen, Mi jiao liu da, Fa shen ti xing.
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