Se chen, Sè chén: 5 definitions
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In Buddhism
Chinese Buddhism
色塵 [se chen]—The quality of form, colour, or sexual attraction, one of the 六塵 [liu chen].
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色塵 [se chen]—Form-dust — [General Term] One of the six dusts (六塵 [liu chen]). It refers to the defiling objects of consciousness (染污情識 [ran wu qing shi]) such as manifest colors (顯色 [xian se]) like blue, yellow, red, and white, and forms (形色 [xing se]) like those of men and women. The Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment (圓覺經 [yuan jue jing]) states: "If the ear-sense (耳根 [er gen]) is pure (清淨 [qing jing]), then Form-dust is pure."
色塵—【雜名】六塵之一。青黃赤白等顯色及男女形色等之染污情識者，謂之色塵。圓覺經曰：「耳根清淨，故色塵清淨。」
[zá míng] liù chén zhī yī. qīng huáng chì bái děng xiǎn sè jí nán nǚ xíng sè děng zhī rǎn wū qíng shí zhě, wèi zhī sè chén. yuán jué jīng yuē: “ěr gēn qīng jìng, gù sè chén qīng jìng.”
[za ming] liu chen zhi yi. qing huang chi bai deng xian se ji nan nu xing se deng zhi ran wu qing shi zhe, wei zhi se chen. yuan jue jing yue: "er gen qing jing, gu se chen qing jing."
色塵 t = 色尘 s = sè chén p refers to [noun] “sight; sight sense objects”; Domain: Buddhism 佛教 [fu jiao]; Notes: Everything the eyes can see; one of the six sense objects 六尘 [liu chen] (Tzu Chuang 2012, pp. 301-304) .
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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色塵 [sè chén] refers to: “form objects”.
色塵 is further associated with the following language/terms:
[Sanskrit] rūpa-artha.
[Vietnamese] sắc trần.
[Korean] 색진 / saekjin.
[Japanese] シキジン / shikijin.
Chinese language.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Chen, Cen, Se, Shai, Ce.
Starts with: Se sheng yin.
Full-text (+4): Se sheng, Se gai, Se wei, Se jing, Wei de ding, Xian chen jing, Yan shi, Ci tu er gen li, Huo zhe, Jing ti san chen, Si xin wu pin, Si yuan, Lili, Duo cang, San zhong se, Se, Liu chen shuo fa, Huang shu, Si chen, Lao qi.
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Taisho: Chinese Buddhist Canon
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Chapter 2 - The spread of explanations of Yoginī Tantras < [Book 4 - New Traditions of Secret Mantra]
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